Bad Homburg. In today's cabinet meeting, the German government has initiated another agreement from the coalition agreement. The taxation of the private use of electric vehicles (battery electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles) as company cars purchased or leased between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021 inclusive will [...]
Bad Homburg. The number of road deaths has declined significantly in recent years, yet cyclists and pedestrians are repeatedly endangered or come to harm by turning trucks. The VDIK supports all measures that contribute to increasing traffic safety, including the rapid introduction of turning-assistance systems. A Europe-wide harmonized regulation of [...]
Bad Homburg. The German passenger car market remained on course for success in June. With 341,308 new passenger car registrations, it closed 4.2 percent above the same month last year. In the first half of 2018, a total of 1.839 million new passenger cars were registered, representing an increase of [...]
Berlin. The board elections were held as scheduled at today's general meeting of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers. Reinhard Zirpel was re-elected President of the VDIK for a two-year term by the general meeting. Uwe Hochgeschurtz (CEO Renault Deutschland AG) was appointed Vice President of the VDIK. Newly [...]
Bad Homburg. With 305,057 new passenger car registrations in May 2018, the German passenger car market was 5.8 percent down compared to the same month of the previous year. Working day adjusted (May 2018: minus 1.7 working days), in purely mathematical terms, the overall market records a plus of more [...]
Bad Homburg. In its reasoning of the two judgments of February 27, 2018 on diesel driving bans in cities, the Federal Administrative Court underlines the exceptional nature of such traffic restrictions. The court makes it clear that municipalities must adhere to the principle of proportionality in the event of the [...]
Bad Homburg. In April 2018, the German passenger car market continued its positive course with 314,055 new passenger car registrations and an increase of 8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. However, the rate of increase is influenced by two additional working days. With a total [...]
Bad Homburg. The German passenger car market achieved its best result since 2000 in the first quarter of 2018. In the first three months of the year 878,611 units were newly registered, which accounts for 4 percent more new passenger cars than in the same period of the previous year. [...]
Bad Homburg. The number of vehicles with alternative propulsion systems on German roads is increasing significantly. Vehicles with an electric motor, gas or hybrid drive now account for almost 800,000 units, 1.7 percent of the total stock, which is an increase of 8.5 percent. More than half of these vehicles [...]
Bad Homburg. In February 2018, the German passenger car market achieved its best result since 2009. With 261,749 new passenger car registrations, it grew by 7.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. The international motor vehicle manufacturers increased their sales with 10 percent stronger than the [...]
