Some 1,196 electric cars were sold in Turkey in the eight-month period as of the end of August, while 32,885 sales of hybrid cars were recorded, exceeding the last year-end sales figures.
The high rates of increase, 218.8% in hybrid cars and 436.3% in electric cars were also due to the relatively low sales of hybrid and electric cars in the January-August period of last year.
The total automobiles and light commercial vehicles sales in Turkey increased by 24.3% in the January-August period of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to 501,004, according to Anadolu Agency (AA) article that compiled data from the Automotive Distributors Association (ODD).
Automobile sales in particular increased by 23.3% to 391,392 in the period in question while light commercial sales soared by 28% to 109,612.
In the eight months of this year, gasoline cars took first place with sales of 257,319 units. Some 80,650 units of diesel automobiles and 19,342 autogas vehicles were sold in the period.
