Electric vehicles are loaded onto a train at Volkswagen’s factory in Zwickau, Germany. EV sales surged 48.5% during the period, accounting for 22.7% of the market. (EPA Images pic)PARIS: European car sales rose strongly in September, boosted by electric and hybrid models, constructors' association ACEA said Thursday.
About 971,048 new cars were sold in the European Union last month, up 9.3% from the same month a year earlier, bringing the total in the first nine months of the year to 8.5 million.
With an increase of 5.7% in the first nine months, the "new EU passenger car market showed notable resilience... despite a challenging macroeconomic environment marked by persistently rising energy prices and geopolitical headwinds", ACEA said in a statement.
