Car sales rise across Europe with electric vehicles accounting for 15% of total

Years of supply-chain disruptions have left Europe’s car market with high order banks that have buoyed sales as the economic outlook weakened

Passenger-car deliveries in Europe increased for a 15th month in October, even as inflation and higher borrowing costs weighed on consumer demand.

New-car registrations rose 14% from a year earlier to just over one million units, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association said, as manufacturers continued to work through order backlogs. Sales of electric vehicles made up about 15% of total deliveries.