Vehicles New registrations of passenger cars and lorries in Sweden, September 2017:
New cars decreased by 3.1 percent in September
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-10-03 9.30
In September 2017 a total of 32 543 passenger cars were newly registered, an decrease of 1.3 percent compared with September last year. This is according to Transport Analysis’ monthly official statistics on newly registered vehicles.
Diesel cars made up 47.1 percent of the new registrations, a decrease of 1.4 percentage points compared with September last year. Passenger cars that can be powered by electricity, ethanol or gas made up 13 percent of the new registrations, compared with 10.9 percent in September 2016.
Sixty-five percent of the cars were registered by businesses and organisations, of which businesses in the car retail trade accounted for 29 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, 31 716 were of model year 2015–2017, and 827 were older models. During the month, 24 033 passenger cars were deregistered, which means that the total passenger car fleet increased by 8 510 vehicles.
New registrations of lorries increased by 1.3 percent in September compared with same month last year. Mopeds class 1, tractors and motorhomes increased their new registration compared with same month last year.
| Type of vehicle | September 2016 | September 2017 | Changes percent |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Passenger cars
|
33 570 | 32 543 | ‑3.1 |
|
of which petrol
|
13 602 | 12 960 | ‑4.7 |
|
of which diesel
|
16 291 | 15 340 | ‑5.8 |
|
of which electric
|
419 | 491 | 17.2 |
|
of which hybrid electric
|
1 613 | 1 550 | ‑3.9 |
|
of which plug-in hybrid
|
1 162 | 1 530 | 31.7 |
|
of which ethanol/ethanol flexi-fuel
|
99 | 91 | ‑8.1 |
|
of which gas /gas bi-fuel
|
381 | 576 | 51.2 |
|
Percent of cars with MB2013
|
18.1 | 18.1 | |
|
Motorhomes (subset of passenger cars)
|
354 | 412 | 16.4 |
|
Lorries
|
5 513 | 5 582 | 1.3 |
|
Busses
|
144 | 87 | ‑39.6 |
|
Trailers (excl. caravans)
|
4 568 | 4 060 | ‑11.1 |
|
Caravans
|
229 | 218 | ‑4.8 |
|
Tractors
|
566 | 644 | 13.8 |
|
Motorcycles
|
1 026 | 733 | ‑28.6 |
|
Class 1 mopeds
|
1 173 | 1 390 | 18.5 |
|
Snowmobiles
|
158 | 130 | ‑17.7 |
|
Terrain vehicles
|
509 | 385 | ‑24.4 |
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 on the Transport Analysis website or Statistics Sweden's website.
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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Transport Analysis is the government agency that analyses and evaluates Swedish transport policy and is responsible for official statistics in the field of transport. Transport Analysis also produces background data for transport policy decision-makers and promotes socioeconomically efficient and long-term sustainable transport services provision throughout Sweden.
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New registrations in October will be published on 2 of November 2017 at 09:30.
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