Toyota sales best
As of 2022, Toyota was the country’s most popular car brand. The Japanese automobile manufacturer sold nearly 74 thousand units to the Polish market that year, almost 31.8 thousand more than Škoda, which came in second. Moreover, Toyota produced five of the ten leading models, placing the Corolla first at over 21.3 thousand vehicles sold. It was the only car model for which sales figures exceeded 20 thousand units.Declines in new car sales
In terms of car sales to Poland, 2021 was the most profitable year yet for Toyota. New registrations are nearly fourfold between 2011 and 2021. However, the Japanese company recorded a drop in sales and was not the only Asian-based producer experiencing declines in sales. Other Japanese brands such as Mazda, Suzuki, and South Korean Hyundai also faced a worse year in the industry. Notably, almost all car brands recorded a drop in sales during this period.Electric cars - how many are there?
The number of all-electric or partially electric passenger cars registered in Poland reached nearly 61.6 thousand in 2022, up 62 percent from a year earlier. Of these, 51 percent were all-electric vehicles (BEVs, battery electric vehicles), and the remainder were hybrids (PHEVs, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles).The electric fleet of vans and trucks numbered more than 3.1 thousand. In addition, the number of hybrid cars and vans rose to 475.8 thousand units. Of the total fleet of alternatively-powered vehicles, the number of hydrogen-powered cars reached 125 in 2022.
The development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure is proceeding in parallel with the growth of the electric vehicle fleet. In 2022, there were more than 2.5 thousand publicly available electric vehicle charging stations. Most of these charging stations were slow alternating current (AC) chargers of 22 kW or less.