Registration volume of new energy passenger cars in Japan 2022, by type
share of new car registrations that were next-generation vehicles surpassed the 50 percent mark. In 2022, hybrid vehicles were, with approximately 1.45 million new registrations, by far the most common type of alternatively powered car and were ahead of cars running purely on gasoline.
Next-generation vehicles, which are automobiles that use propulsion technologies other than conventional gasoline or diesel combustion systems, have already achieved an established position in the Japanese car market. In fact, in the past few years, the