Sales of electric cars in the Czech Republic increased by almost half. Also thanks to subsidies – News

Of the total number of registered passenger cars, purely electric cars account for 3.65 percent and hybrids for 22.1 percent.

Thanks to its aggressive pricing policy, Tesla is the best-selling electric car brand with 1,957 cars, Škoda is second with 473 cars Enyaq, and Volvo third with 454 cars. Hyundai, BMW and Volkswagen follow.

The first place in sales of hybrids is Toyota with 7,509 cars, followed by the domestic Škoda with sales of 3,327 cars and the third Volvo with 2,736 cars. The best selling hybrid model is the Škoda Octavia with 2,867 cars, ahead of the Toyota Corolla.

In March this year, the state launched a program of guarantees for loans and subsidies for the purchase of electric cars for companies and entrepreneurs. The subsidy reaches 200,000 crowns for an electric car and up to 300,000 crowns for an electric van.

“The interest in electric cars is getting stronger thanks to the subsidy program of the Ministry of Industry, but hybrids can now be bought for a favorable price, which is completely comparable to the price of cars with an internal combustion engine . “Hybrids would gain up to a quarter of the market share by the end of the year,” said CEO of Toyota and Lexus Czech Republic Martin Peleška.

Total sales of new cars, regardless of drive, on the Czech market increased by 3.8 percent year-on-year to 136,673 cars in the seven months of this year. In July, sales increased by 8.5 percent to 17,452 cars.