Lift for electric cars in March as registrations rise 30 percent

The increase in March dampens the decline in first-quarter new car registrations overall to 2 percent.

The share of plug-in passenger cars - which include both electric cars and plug-in hybrids - amounted to 65 percent of registrations in March. For pure electric cars, there was a 30 percent increase, which means that they account for 41 percent of the month's new registrations.

"The strong development of electric cars is a long-term trend, which may be reinforced by concerns about continued high fuel prices," Mobility Sweden writes in a press release.