Hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for 55% of sales. Cars with petrol engines comprised 26% of sales and vehicles with diesel engines 10%. Full EVs accounted for 9% of sales.
In a statement issued after the release of the data, the Ministry of Energy Affairs noted that the number of battery electric cars sold in Hungary had climbed by around 80% in March from the same month a year earlier, the second-fastest rate in Europe after Cyprus.
A total of 2,577 businesses have applied for HUF 12.2 billion in subsidies to purchase 3,147 EVs under a HUF 30 billion government scheme that runs until March 2025, it added.
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