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Table 12.13
VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS (units)

% variation % total
2019 2020 2021 2022 2022/2021 2022
Cars 3,117 2,496 3,083 3,079 -0.1 66.6
Motorcycles 788 767 854 983 15.1 21.2
Vans 330 208 254 279 9.8 6.0
Lorries (1) 107 65 52 87 67.3 1.9
Special vehicles 52 37 46 59 28.3 1.3
Mopeds 11 6 7 32 357.1 0.7
Snow bikes 39 14 9 24 166.7 0.5
Others (2) 75 83 71 83 16.9 1.8
Total 4,519 3,676 4,376 4,626 5.7 100

(1) Also includes buses, semi-trailers and industrial trailers. (2) Consisting of private trailers and farm tractors.
Source: Department of Transport.

Over the last few years, the demand for electric The number of electric and hybrid
and hybrid vehicles has benefitted from the vehicle registrations shot up, and already
incentives to purchase eco-friendly vehicles
promoted by the Government (Engega Plan). represent 22% of registered units.
Specifically, in 2022, 272 100% electric
vehicles were registered (more than the 130 in 2021, 82 in 2020 and 53 in 2019) and 731
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plug-in and non-plug-in hybrid vehicles (a much higher figure than the 519 in 2021, 276 in 2020
and 77 in 2019). These two categories of vehicle already represent 21.7% of total registrations,
whereas they failed to reach an average of 5% in the period 2016-2019.

The Government aims for 20% of cars to be run on renewable energy by 2030, and 50% by
2050, according to the document containing Andorra’s nationally determined contributions
(NDCs) to combat climate change, which Andorra sent to the United Nations to comply with
the commitments undertaken in the Paris Agreement. After seven years of implementing the
Engega Plan, Andorra stands among the top 5 European countries for sales of electric vehicles,
according to the Government. Moreover, by 2022, there were 210 public and private electric
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vehicle chargers.

As for the shared electric bicycle scheme, Cicland, spread mainly between the parishes of Andorra
la Vella, Sant Julià de Lòria and Escaldes-Engordany, this was made free for young people aged
16-20. Moreover, the stations will be moved to strategic points (such as schools) to ensure a
better service for citizens who currently use bicycles more to move around on a daily basis.

In the field of international transport, the Andorra-La Seu d’Urgell airport, which started to
operate on 17 December 2021, ended 2022 with 11,238 passengers, more than double the 5,145
in the previous year, according to data from Aeroports de Catalunya.

Record numbers of mobile phone As for the communications branch, in 2022,
subscriptions and fibre optic connections. the number of mobile phone subscriptions rose
21%, reaching a historic high of 113,521. The
number of land line subscriptions also increased
2.2%, to 50,871 lines. On the other hand, there are 40,813 fibre optic lines, representing an
increase of 3.6% compared with 2021 and the highest value in the historical series. The ratio of