In July, the German passenger car market grew by 4.7 percent year-on-year. A total of 332,788 new passenger cars were registered. July this year had one more working day than in the previous year. Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Motor Transport Authority has counted 2.18 million new [...]
The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcomes the further measures adopted by the Cabinet to promote electric mobility for tax purposes. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel commented: "The planned extension of tax incentives for electric cars until 2030 is an important signal to potential electric car buyers. Those who purchase [...]
German passenger car market with slight growth in the first half of the year Bad Homburg. The German passenger car market again grew slightly in the first half of 2019. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the number of new registrations rose by 0.5 percent to 1.85 million units. [...]
Bad Homburg: The VDIK supports the climate protection targets agreed in Paris. The German automotive market needs further incentives to promote climate-friendly alternative drive systems in order to meet them. The announcement after yesterday's car summit to expand charging infrastructure is therefore a very important step in the right direction. [...]
Bad Homburg. The diesel changeover premiums that car manufacturers have been offering since summer 2017 are effective. As a result of these measures, more than 500,000 diesel cars complying with Euro5 emission standards and worse have disappeared from the fleet in 2017 and 2018. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel stressed: "The [...]
Berlin. At the general meeting of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, several board members were elected today. Uwe Hochgeschurtz (Chairman of the Board of Renault Deutschland AG) was confirmed as VDIK Vice President for two years. In addition, the following board members were re-elected for two years: Peter [...]
Bad Homburg. In May, the German passenger car market grew by 9.1 percent year-on-year. A total of 332,962 new passenger cars were registered. However, May had 1.7 working days more than in the previous year. Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Motor Transport Authority has recorded 1.52 million [...]
Bad Homburg. The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcomes the extension of the environmental bonus until the end of 2020. The subsidy would have expired at the end of June. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel commented: "The extension until the end of next year creates planning security for potential e-car [...]
Bad Homburg. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel comments on the current discussion on the further development of the eco-bonus: "The International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcome the proposals to further improve the promotion of electric vehicles. In addition to tax incentives the environmental bonus should also be extended well beyond 2020. The [...]
Bad Homburg. The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcomes the proposals presented by the Federal Ministry of Finance for tax incentives for electric mobility. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel said: "An extension of tax incentives for e-cars until 2030 would be an important signal to potential e-car buyers. Those who [...]
