New car registrations rise 12% in August, electric cars reach 45% share

The share of electric cars rose to 45 percent in August, compared with 34 percent in the same month last year.

"So far this year, the passenger car market is 2 percent above the corresponding period last year," Mobility Sweden writes in a press release.

However, registrations of heavy trucks and buses are on a downward trend, down 7 percent and 59 percent respectively, according to the organisation's figures.

However, light trucks are keeping pace with passenger cars and are up 27 percent.