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Nearly Nine in 10 New Cars Sold in Denmark Are Electric

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Denmark registered 16,165 new passenger cars in August, about 24% more than in the same month last year.
  • Electric vehicles accounted for a record 85.9% of new registrations.
  • Mobility Denmark warned that planned changes to registration taxes would make electric cars more expensive.

Electric cars accounted for 85.9% of all new passenger-car registrations in Denmark in August, the highest share ever recorded, according to Mobility Denmark.

The country registered 16,165 new passenger cars during the month, about 24% more than a year earlier. The figures prompted the industry association to call on politicians to reconsider changes to the electric-car tax system planned for the start of next year.

Danes have voted with their feet. They want electric cars.

— Mads RørvigThe Mobility Denmark chief executive cited strong electric-car sales while opposing higher registration taxes.

Under the planned arrangement, registration taxes on electric vehicles would rise, increasing the cost for consumers who want to buy them. Mobility Denmark chief executive Mads Rørvig said Danish consumers had already made their preference clear.

"Danes have voted with their feet. They want electric cars," Rørvig said in a press release. He said it would be "completely backwards" for politicians to respond to the market's success by making electric vehicles more expensive.

It would be completely backwards if politicians responded to this success by making electric cars more expensive.

— Mads RørvigRørvig criticized the planned increase in electric-vehicle registration taxes.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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