
According to newly released information by the National Statistics Office, it was found that, as of March 2023, there are a whopping 426,720 vehicles on Maltese roads.
Out of this total, 74.5% were passenger cars, 12.4% were goods-carrying vehicles and 12.3% were motorcycles, e-bikes, PA-bikes, special purpose vehicles, e-kick scooters, agricultural vehicles and/or minibuses.
During the quarter under review, the stock of licensed motor vehicles increased at a net average rate of 20 motor vehicles per day.
Newly licensed motor vehicles put on the road during the period under review amounted to 4,704, with the majority of newly licensed motor vehicles at 64.6% being passenger cars.
As at the end of March 2023, 58.6%, or 250,079 motor vehicles, had petrol powered engines. Diesel powered motor vehicles reached 36.5% of the total, whereas electric and plug-in hybrid motor vehicles accounted for 2.9% of the entire stock.
When compared to the previous quarter, increases of 43.5 per cent, 15.4 per cent and 10.6 per cent were registered in combined (diesel-LPG), plug-in hybrid (diesel-electric) and plug-in hybrid (petrol-electric) motor vehicles respectively.
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