Hybrids accounted for 53.8 per cent of passenger car registrations in Cyprus in the first ten months of 2026, up from 44.1 per cent in the same period last year, the Statistical Service said on Monday, as the share of petrol, diesel and fully electric cars fell.
The rise of 9.7 percentage points means hybrids now make up more than one in every two passenger cars registered in Cyprus.
The share of petrol cars dropped to 34.1 per cent from 42.5 per cent. Diesel cars fell from 8.6 per cent to 7.9 per cent, and electric cars from 4.8 per cent to 4.2 per cent.
Total registrations up
Motor vehicle registrations rose 8.7 per cent to 48,624 in the first ten months of the year, from 44,732 in the same period of 2025.
Saloon car registrations increased 9.3 per cent to 38,006, from 34,782. Of those, 26,366, or 69.4 per cent, were used and 11,640, or 30.6 per cent, were new. Rental car registrations fell 18.8 per cent to 3,953, from 4,866.
Goods vehicles and motorcycles
Goods vehicle registrations rose 8.3 per cent to 5,569, from 5,142. Light goods vehicles were up 6.5 per cent at 4,379, heavy goods vehicles up 15.8 per cent at 688 and road tractors up 10.6 per cent at 220. Rental goods vehicles rose 18.5 per cent to 282.
Bus registrations increased to 210 from 167. Motorcycles over 50cc rose 4.4 per cent to 4,090, while mopeds under 50cc fell to 120 from 190.
October
Total registrations in October rose 4.7 per cent to 4,734, from 4,520 in October 2025. Saloon car registrations were up 11.4 per cent at 3,850, from 3,457.
