Sales of Electric cars in Spain stall

 

According to a report today by Spanish daily newspaper, El Mundo, sales of electric cars in Spain are low – with just 314 vehicles being sold to date in 2011, which corresponds to 0.04% of the total 741´600 number of vehicles sold.

The country saw just 45 electric vehicles sold in November.

The popularity of electric vehicles is greatest in Madrid, which saw 149 vehicles being registered – followed by Catatonia with 56.

Worldwide, the sales of electric vehicles increased by 21.7 % over the last 11 months to reach a total of 9,427 electric vehicles now on the road. That represents 1.27% of all car registrations – while in November sales rose 7.5% to 830 units, making up 1.37% of the market.

This follows last week´s news that Spain´s first Solar Powered service station for Electrically Powered vehicles opened at the University of Alcala de Henares, near Madrid.

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