Electric car sales in Turkey boosted by 243.9% to 1,073 units in the January-March period of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, while hybrid automobile sales reduced by 17.1% to 11,227.
The overall sales of automobiles and light commercial vehicles in the country declined by 23.5% in the January-March period of 2022 and totaled 152,050, according to data from Automotive Distributors Association (ODD).
In the January-March period of 2021, about 98,100 gasoline, 37,726 diesel, 13,537 hybrid, 6,789 autogas and 312 electric cars were sold.
In the January-March period of 2022, sales of gasoline cars declined by 14.6%, diesel car sales by 52.4%, autogas car sales by 58.7% and hybrid car sales by 17.1% compared to the same duration of 2021.
Only the sales of electric cars increased in this duration.
