Number of registered electric passenger cars in Sweden 2009-2019

As in other European countries, the number of electric cars in use in Sweden strongly increased in the last decade. While there were 157 electric cars registered in 2009, the number amounted to more than 30 thousand as of 2019. Additionally, the amount nearly doubled from 2018 to 2019.

Electric car charging stations in Sweden

Along with the growth of electric vehicles, the available infrastructure of charging stations of PEVs (plug-in and electric vehicles) also increased. While the number of charging stations amounted to roughly 500 in Sweden in 2012, nearly six thousand charging stations were recorded in 2018. In that regard, the normal charging station (less than 22 kilowatt) is still the most common one, but the amount of fast charging stations is on the rise.

Sweden’s large electric car market

In 2019, Sweden had the third largest market share of newly registered electric vehicles in Europe. 5.1 percent of all battery electric cars and roughly eight percent of all plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in Europe were registered in Sweden. In general, electric cars are very popular in the Nordic countries.