The number of new car registrations, in Romania, has gone up by almost 40% during the first two months of the year, when comparing with the same period of 2021, the margin of "electrified" automobiles having registered a leap of 84.9%, achieving a market share of 17.4% to a volume of 8,616 units, according to the data published by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers (APIA) on Friday.The ranking by brands is led, after two months, by Dacia - with 5,025 new units registered, followed by Hyundai (1,804), Ford (1,542), Volkswagen (1,417), Renault (1,246), Toyota (1,225), Mercedes Benz (1,198), Skoda (1,196), Fiat (677) and Peugeot (645)Based on the fuel type of registered automobiles, during the interval of January-February 2022, gasoline engines register an increase of 54.5%, as opposed to the similar period of 2021, to a share of 67.3%, while automobiles equipped with diesel engines have registered a drop of 18.2% and hold a share of 15.3% of the total.Reported to the reference period, the first five most sold, full electric automobiles are: Dacia Spring - 315 units (model launched in 2021), Tesla Model 3 (with 96 units, increase of over 23 times), Hyundai Kona (88 units, +450%), Volkswagen ID3 (65 units, +140.7%), and Volkswagen e-UP (54 units, -6.9%).On the plug-in automobile segment, the hierarchy is led by Ford Kuga, with 58 units (+544.4%), followed by Hyundai Tucson and Mercedes Benz GLE (47 units each, +235.7%), Mercedes Benz GLC (41 units, +173.3%), and Volvo XC60 (32 units, +146.2%).Furthermore, hybrid automobiles, without recharging from external sources, are led by Toyota C-HR with 259 units (-22.5% from 2021), then Toyota Corolla (224 units, -26.3%) and Toyota RAV2 (183 units, -1.1%).
Prahova County launched construction on a major cycling infrastructure project aimed at connecting local vineyard towns and promoting green mobility and sustainable tourism. The initiative, titled “Establishment of Bicycle Lanes on Bachus’s Route,” represents an investment of over RON 25 million, with RON 21 million coming from non-reimbursable funds provided by the Environmental Fund Administration. […]
Forvis Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory services partnership, is pleased to announce the launch of its International German-Romanian Desk, an initiative aimed at addressing the demand for integrated cross-border tax and legal support between Germany and Romania. The Desk combines a highly qualified German team of lawyers with an interdisciplinary Romanian team of […]
Last week, the BBC reported that Romanian authorities have launched an investigation into Tristan Tate, brother of controversial internet personality Andrew Tate, over allegations he broke election laws by posting political content on social media during the recent presidential elections. The investigation, opened by the Ilfov county police according to the British newspaper's sources, is […]
Bucharest is facing growing environmental challenges, with traffic-related air pollution, shrinking green spaces, and worsening climate impacts threatening the health and well-being of its residents, according to the latest “State of the Environment in Bucharest” report released by the Bucharest Community Foundation through the Environmental Platform for Bucharest. For example, air pollution has already reached […]
Octavian Bellu, the former coach of Romania’s national women’s gymnastics team, has been appointed president of Friends of WPK, a new initiative launched in Romania by Wiener Privatklinik (WPK), one of Austria’s leading private hospitals. The initiative aims to build a community of Romanian patients who share their personal medical experiences to raise awareness of […]
Maia Sandu, the president of the Republic of Moldova, has been awarded the Franz Josef Strauss Prize by the Hanns Seidel Foundation in recognition of her commitment to democratic values, the rule of law, and her support for Ukraine. The award ceremony took place in the Kaisersaal of the Munich Residenz and was attended by […]
