Romania registered nearly 300 full electric cars in the first half of the year, ten times more compared to Q1 of 2017, while Bulgaria registered 64 cars and Hungary more than 600, ACEA data show .
In Europe were registered more than 88,000 electric cars, a quarter of them only in Norway, thanks to a generous system of subsidies. In the EU, the figure was close to 65,000 cars in the first six months, 40 percent more than in the similar period of 2017.
As effect, Romania contributed with less than 0.5 percent of the total.
Germany is the largest EU electric car market, with over 17,000 units, and France is second exceeding 14,000 units. In the Netherlands there were around 9,500 cars registered, in the UK 7,000, and in Austria, 3,000.
In three other countries, 2,000 units have gone through: Spain, Sweden and Italy.
In Eastern Europe, Hungary is the strongest market, with 609 registered cars, 318 in the Czech Republic, 279 in Poland, and 64 in Bulgaria.
In Europe there are about 20 full-electric models available.