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In the first half of 2018, a total of 192,861 pbadenger cars (pbadenger cars) were registered, an increase of 3.4% over the same period of the previous year, reports Statistics Austria. In absolute terms, 6,300 new pbadenger car registrations were registered in the first half of 2018. Overall, the number of registrations in the first six months, with the exception of March, has evolved always positive.
The development of new registrations according to the type of engine has progressed considerably. The new registrations of gasoline pbadenger cars increased by almost a quarter and their share of all new registrations reached 54.1%. Meanwhile, new registrations of diesel pbadenger cars dropped 16% from January to March. Since 2016, diesel has lost nearly 17 percentage points in the share of new registrations. The diesel scandal, which became public in the fall of 2015, left a clear mark in this sector.
The number of registrations of alternative-engine cars such as electricity, natural gas, dual-use and hybrid combined operation is also increasing. They recorded an increase of 23.7%; Their share of total new car registrations was currently 4.4%
The most popular brands from January to June 2018 were VW, Skoda and Seat.
(herbas)
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