New passenger-car registrations in Austria rose 12.1% in January–September
Battery-electric cars increased 36.9% year to date, including an 80.6% rise in September.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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Austria recorded 241,108 newly registered passenger cars in January–September 2026, 12.1% more than in the same period a year earlier, according to data published by Statistics Austria on October 9. New registrations across all motor-vehicle categories reached 329,109, up 11.8%.
Among passenger cars, 63,172 battery-electric vehicles were registered, a 36.9% increase and 26.2% of the period’s total. In September alone, 28,968 passenger cars were registered, including 9,723 battery-electric cars, equal to 33.6% of that month’s passenger-car registrations. These are new-registration figures, not production, sales or the total vehicle fleet.
Data
New vehicle registrations, 2026
January–September totals and September figures.
| Passenger cars, January–September | 241108 | 12.1 |
| All motor vehicles, January–September | 329109 | 11.8 |
| Battery-electric passenger cars, January–September | 63172 | 36.9 |
| Passenger cars, September | 28968 | 12.5 |
| Battery-electric passenger cars, September | 9723 | 80.6 |
Methodology
New registrations compiled from VVO insurance-registration records. Year-to-date and September figures cover different periods. The count may include vehicles registered for a very short period and is not equivalent to sales, production or fleet size.
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