Romania hits 27,590 electric vehicles, 3,300 public chargers (survey)

 

According to the survey, a total of 2,247 electric vehicles were registered in the first two months of 2023, of which 35 LCVs. With 1,132 EVs, the month of January marked an increase of 80 percent compared to the same period of 2022, while February saw a year-over-year advance of 108 percent to 1,115 registered units.

 

Dacia Spring remained the leading model, with 1,057 units registered (497 in January and 560 in February). In the high-end segment, where Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche models are accounted for, a cumulative 190 units were registered in the first two months of the year.

 

As far as the charging infrastructure is concerned, at the end of February there were 3,389 public unrestricted chargers in Romania (of which 857 CCS/CHAdeMO and 2,492 Type 2), distributed in 1,503 locations (according to the PlugShare portal).

 

According to last year's results, Romania's electric vehicle market topped the threshold of 25,000 registered units, as the number of EVs registered in 2022 equaled the total number of registrations in the previous 10 years. Dacia Spring had a market share of 55 percent, being the most popular new car in December, regardless of the engine type (EV or ICE ). Second in the 2022 ranking of EV registrations is Tesla.

 

Lektri.co is a brand of the SafeFleet group, with activities in the mobility industry and offering electric car charging solutions for household users, companies that want to implement charging stations for employees and the HoReCa and retail sectors. The company's charging stations are used in Romania, Serbia, Poland, Germany, France and Italy.