The National Automotive Association of Chile (ANAC) presented figures on the growth of the electric vehicle market during October 2023.
The association recorded an increase of 30.3% compared to the same month of the previous year. In the accumulated ten-month period, the increase is 27.2% compared to the same period of 2022.
A total of 1,101 units were sold in October, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,105, the highest figure ever recorded by the guild.
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ANAC specified that conventional hybrids (HEV) accumulated a growth of 61.5% with 3,056 registrations as of October. The 100% electric models (BEV), on the other hand, increased by 13.2%, totaling 1,221 units marketed. “With these results, both break records in terms of cumulative sales,” they said in their monthly report.
The scenario is different for plug-in hybrids and micro-hybrids, which saw a contraction of 3.6% and 0.9% respectively, with 379 and 2,203 units sold each.
In relation to the performance of the segments, the guild reported a strong rise in SUVs, whose sales increased by 79.3%. However, there was a drop in the rest: passenger vehicles decreased by 0.2%, pick-ups by 5.7% and commercial vehicles, with the worst performance, had a decrease of 59.7%.
Buses continued to show large increases (581.4% so far this year) due to the incorporation of electric units into the RED system, reaching 1,390 buses sold as of October. Trucks added 34%, reaching 31 registered units.
