Share of electric vehicle registrations in Italy 2018, by type
While the electric vehicle sector was experiencing rapid growth in Italy, its market size remained small. As of 2018, electric car registrations accounted for only 0.5 percent of the cars registered in the country. Similar figures were observed for light-duty vehicles (LDVs) and motorbikes. By contrast, e-bikes were becoming more popular: one in ten bikes registered in 2018 was electric.