Vehicles New registrations of passenger cars and lorries in Sweden, December 2017:
New cars decreased by 6.6 percent in December
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-01-03 9.30
In December 2017 a total of 35 357 passenger cars were newly registered, a decrease of 6.6 percent compared with December last year. The decrease is due to the so-called calendar effect, as December 2017 has two less registration days than the same month last year. This is according to Transport Analysis’ monthly official statistics on newly registered vehicles.
Diesel cars made up 44.8 percent of the new registrations, a decrease of 7 percentage points compared with December last year. Passenger cars that can be powered by electricity, ethanol or gas made up 13.2 percent of the new registrations, compared with 8.5 percent in December 2016.
Seventy-four percent of the cars were registered by businesses and organisations, of which businesses in the car retail trade accounted for 36 percent of total new registrations. Among the cars registered by private persons, men accounted for 66 percent and women for the remaining 34 percent.
Among the newly registered cars, 34 908 were of model year 2015–2017, and 449 were older models. During the month, 19 222 passenger cars were deregistered, which means that the total passenger car fleet increased by 16 135 vehicles.
New registrations of lorries continue to increase by 1.8 percent in December compared with same month last year. Even this month the new requirements for lower emissions for Class 1 mopeds might be the reason for the high increase of new registrations, compared with same month last year.
| Type of vehicle | December 2016 | December 2017 | Changes percent |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Passenger cars
|
37 851 | 35 357 | ‑6.6 |
|
of which petrol
|
15 122 | 14 834 | ‑1.9 |
|
of which diesel
|
19 522 | 15 848 | ‑18.8 |
|
of which electric
|
453 | 293 | ‑35.3 |
|
of which hybrid electric
|
1 353 | 2 013 | 48.8 |
|
of which plug-in hybrid
|
915 | 1 934 | 111.4 |
|
of which ethanol/ethanol flexi-fuel
|
92 | 73 | ‑20.7 |
|
of which gas /gas bi-fuel
|
389 | 352 | ‑9.5 |
|
Percent of cars with MB2013
|
16.3 | 18.8 | |
|
Motorhomes (subset of passenger cars)
|
137 | 147 | 7.3 |
|
Lorries
|
5 937 | 6 043 | 1.8 |
|
Busses
|
168 | 99 | ‑41.1 |
|
Trailers (excl. caravans)
|
2 371 | 2 288 | ‑3.5 |
|
Caravans
|
113 | 52 | ‑54.0 |
|
Tractors
|
968 | 2 045 | 111.3 |
|
Motorcycles
|
4 966 | 407 | ‑91.8 |
|
Class 1 mopeds
|
399 | 5 502 | 1 278.9 |
|
Snowmobiles
|
2 512 | 3 300 | 31.4 |
|
Terrain vehicles
|
797 | 473 | ‑40.7 |
Databases containing information for passenger cars on the county/municipality level and fuel for the years 2006–2017 are available in the Statistical database.
Transport Analysis is the government agency responsible for the statistics and Statistics Sweden has produced the statistics at its request. For detailed information on new registrations, please see "Monthly vehicle statistics" available at Transport Analysis or Statistics Sweden.
The new registrations comprise all vehicles during the month that have been entered into the register. These registrations differ from the new registrations in BIL Sweden’s reports. BIL Sweden's data only contains data on cars with the latest three model years, and cars that are not directly imported.
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