Bad Homburg. In October, 284,593 new passenger cars were registered in Germany. The market thus grew by 12.7 percent year-on-year. Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Motor Transport Authority has recorded 3.02 million new registrations. This corresponds to an increase of 3.4 percent. The international manufacturers achieved a [...]
Bad Homburg. Today, the Federal Government launched both the Climate Protection Act and its comprehensive climate protection programme. Reinhard Zirpel, President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK), commented: "Germany is setting itself ambitious climate targets. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector by 40 percent by [...]
Bad Homburg. In September, 244,600 new passenger cars were registered in Germany. The market thus grew by 22 percent year-on-year. Adjusted for working days, the increase was 16 percent. Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Motor Transport Authority has recorded 2.74 million new registrations. This corresponds to an [...]
Bad Homburg. "With today's resolutions, the Federal Government is taking the necessary measures to achieve climate targets. For car buyers, the introduction of a national emissions trading system sends a clear signal: it will be even more worthwhile in the future to invest in low-emission, efficient vehicles," said Reinhard Zirpel, [...]
"The international motor vehicle manufacturers will make a significant contribution to reducing CO2 emissions from traffic. Depending on their corporate strategy, they aim to achieve climate-neutral mobility by the middle of the century at the latest. On the way to this goal, the VDIK companies will continue to rapidly expand [...]
"Alternative drives for passenger cars and commercial vehicles need strong incentives to encourage customers to switch. Irrespective of the question of the CO2 pricing system, it is clear that the stronger certain incentives are, the more low-emission vehicles and environmentally friendly commercial vehicles will be purchased and the faster CO2 [...]
The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers has published the new list of the current range of electric vehicles offered by VDIK member companies. The list contains 37 electric vehicles that customers in Germany can order and buy. These include 20 battery electric vehicles, 15 plug-in hybrids and two fuel [...]
In August, 313,700 new passenger cars were newly registered in Germany. The passenger car market thus remained close to the previous year's extraordinarily strong level. Despite one working day less, the decline was only 0.9 percent. Adjusted for working days, there was a slight increase. Since the beginning of the [...]
"Germany must speed up its efforts for alternative drive systems. Especially in the transport sector, Germany has set itself ambitious climate protection targets. In order to achieve them, significantly more low-emission vehicles will have to be put on the roads in the coming years. To this end, the federal government [...]
The Federal Ministry of Justice announced to amend the to significantly facilitate the construction of private charging stations for electric cars. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel explains: "It is urgently necessary to amend the home ownership law in order to make it easier to set up private charging stations. In [...]