ROMA (ITALPRESS) – After three consecutive months of contraction, and the stabilization of February, the Italian market of light commercial vehicles archives March with a sign more: the registrations are attested to 17.568 units, an increment of 0.7% regarding the 17.453 in the same month of 2025 (which had suffered a bending of 13,9%). Even in March the significant contribution of short-term rental was confirmed: in its absence, the market would have decreased 1.4%. In the first trimester registrations stop at 47,110 units, down 1.5% compared to 47.832 of January-March 2025.
On the face of zero-emission mobility, pure electric vehicles in March earn 0.4 percentage points of market share, leading to 3.6%: a growth result both compared to 3.2% recorded in March 2025, and compared to 2.7% of the previous month of February 2026. As regards support for demand, the section of light commercial vehicles can count in 2026 on incentives announced by MIMIT, whose implementation scheme has not yet been officialized. It is desirable that the measure be implemented in a short time, in order to prevent the expected effect from producing a market block.
“To support the transition of freight transport, as UNRAE reiterated on several occasions, incentives alone are not enough: additional enabling factors are needed, starting from the development of charging infrastructures also for light commercial vehicles, as well as heavy ones. In addition, a tax credit of 50% is required for private investments in fast infrastructure – more than 70 kW – for the three-year period 2026-2028, together with targeted interventions to reduce the high costs of recharges,” says UNRAE President Roberto Pietrantonio.
In this context, UNRAE reiterates its concern for the rise in fuel prices, so far faced through transitional measures to reduce excise duties, but requires long-term structural reforms aimed at stabilizing the market, given the significant impact on household budgets and freight costs on rubber. A further element of reflection concerns the circulating park of light commercial vehicles: according to UNRAE estimates, at 31 December 2025 it amounts to 4,640.000 units, of which 35.5% is still made up of vehicles before Euro 4, with an aminence greater than 20 years. This means of high environmental impact and with safety profiles widely exceeded by current standards.
The structure of the market in March, with almost definitive data, compared with the same periods 2025, indicates a volume and quota growth for individuals who earn 0.4 points, to 15.5% in the month (to 16.2% in the cumulated, +0.1 p.p.). The autoimmatricolazioni evidence a bending in volume and lose 1,1 points to 9,0% in the month (10.5% in the first trimester, +1,9 p.p.). Long-term rental continues to fluctuate in the month, falling to 29.6% (-2.4 p.p. and to 26.5% in January-March, -4,3 p.p.), for the bending of both Captive and Top companies. The short rental, as anticipated, in the month marks a sustained acceleration, climbing to 5.8% (+1.9 p.p.) in the month and in the cumulated (+2.0 p.p.); agencies and companies confirm the leadership, to 40.0% share (+1.1 p.p.); in the first 3 months cover 41.0% share (+0.3 p.p.).
On the front of the motorizations, in March the diesel – with a contraction in volume – falls to 75.1%, losing 6 points of altitude (77.2% in the piled, -5.5 p.p.). The gasoline engine in the month yields 0.3 points, at 3.7% (at 3.6% in the quarter, -0.3 p.p.). The Gpl drops to 1.8% (3.0% in January-March), plug-in vehicles pass from 0.6% a year ago to 2.8% in March (2.5% in the quarter). The BEV vehicles, as anticipated, in March lead to 3.6% (+0.4 p.p.) and in the piled pass from 3.0% of a year ago to 2.9% current, while the hybrid vehicles earn 4.1 points and cover 13.1% of the total in the month (10.8% in January-March). The average CO2 weighted in the month drops 5.7% to 179.7 g/Km, compared to 190.6 g/Km of the same period 2025 (184,4 g/Km in the first quarter, -2,8%).
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