Hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounted for 57pc of sales, cars with petrol engines made up 26% and vehicles with diesel engines 10%.
Fully-electric vehicles accounted for 6% of sales.
Sales of battery electric vehicles jumped 77.6% to 753 during the period.
For the full calendar year, new car registrations in Hungary rose 12.9% to 121,611.
In a separate statement, the Energy Ministry said registrations of new battery electric cars had climbed 47.7% in Hungary in January-December, at the fourth fastest pace in the European Union after Malta, the Czech Republic, and Cyprus.
The number of battery electric vehicles on Hungarian roads climbed over 70,000 in 2024, it added.
The ministry noted a combined HUF 60 bln in funding had been earmarked to subsidize EV purchases by businesses and charging network upgrades.
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