New registrations, July 2020
Impact of COVID-19 behind 4 percent drop in new registration of cars in July
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2020-08-04 9.30
In July 2020, 23 804 passenger cars were registered for the first time, 4.6 percent less than in July last year, according to the Transport Analysis monthly official statistics on new registrations. This decrease is most probably due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which means that comparison with the same period a year ago should be made with caution.
Passenger cars defined as a “klimatbonusbil”, that is, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids that emit less than 70g CO2/km, and gas cars (natural, bio- and methane gas), accounted for 27.9 percent of new passenger car registrations in July. Diesel cars accounted for 29.5 percent of new passenger car registrations, down by 8.4 percentage points from the corresponding month a year ago. Passenger cars that are plug-in hybrids, or that run on ethanol or natural gas, accounted for 26.5 percent of new registrations in July, compared with 12.0 percent in the corresponding period in 2019.
Changes introduced in the bonus malus system on 1 January 2020 affect comparisions with the previous year throughout 2020.
In July, 21 562 passenger cars were de-registered, which means that the passanger car fleet increased by 2 242 vehicles in total. In recent years, the number of exported vehicles has increased significantly, although there may be large variations from month to month. So far this year, exports have decreased by 12.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago.
In July, there were 2 135 new registrations of lorries, down by 24.7 percent from the corresponding month a year ago. Among new registrations of lorries, there were 1 807 light goods vehicles with a weight of up to 3.5 tonnes, which is a decrease of 30.3 percent, and 328 heavy goods vehicles with a weight of over 3.5 tonnes, which is a decrease of 36.7 percent compared with July 2019. Light goods vehicles are covered by the bonus malus system.
New registrations January–July 2020
New registrations of passenger cars between January and July 2020 decreased by 21.8 percent compared with a year ago. Thus far in 2020, there were 35 811 new registrations of diesel cars in total, a decrease of 48.4 percent compared with the corresponding period in 2019.
| Passenger cars, by fuel type | January- July
2020 |
January - July
2019 |
Changes in percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | 155 406 | 198 756 | ‑21.8 |
| of which petrol | 59 675 | 90 855 | ‑34.3 |
| of which diesel | 35 811 | 69 425 | ‑48.4 |
| of which electric | 10 617 | 9 519 | 11.5 |
| of which hybrid electric | 18 668 | 14 591 | 27.9 |
| of which plug-in hybrid | 28 827 | 12 190 | 136.5 |
| of which ethanol | 40 | 69 | ‑42.0 |
| of which gas | 1 750 | 2 091 | ‑16.3 |
*Hybrid electric includes mild hybrids.
| Type of vehicle | January - July
2020 |
January - July
2019 |
Changes in percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars | 155 406 | 198 756 | ‑21.8 |
| of which Motorhomes (subset of passenger cars) | 2 992 | 3 156 | ‑5.2 |
| Light goods vehicles | 15 819 | 26 626 | ‑40.6 |
| Heavy goods vehicles | 3 507 | 5 120 | ‑31.5 |
| Busses | 862 | 988 | ‑12.8 |
| Trailers | 36 091 | 32 922 | 9.6 |
| of which Caravans | 2 869 | 2 731 | 5.1 |
| Tractors | 6 235 | 5 910 | 5.5 |
| Motorcycles | 10 188 | 9 570 | 6.5 |
| Class 1 mopeds | 11 780 | 10 358 | 13.7 |
| Snowmobiles | 3 954 | 5 327 | ‑25.8 |
| Terrain vehicles | 2 228 | 2 802 | ‑20.5 |
Databases containing information for passenger cars on the county/municipality level and fuel for the years 2006–2020 are available in the Statistical database.
Transport Analysis is the government agency responsible for these statistics, and Statistics Sweden produces the statistics on its behalf. For detailed information on new registrations, please see ‘Monthly vehicle statistics’, which is available on the Transport Analysis website:
or on Statistics Sweden’s website:
Statistics Sweden-Registered vehicles
New registrations comprise all vehicles that were entered into the register during the month. These registrations differ from new registrations in BIL Sweden’s reports. BIL Sweden's data only contains data on cars of the latest three model years and cars that are not directly imported.
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