The German passenger car market grew by 19 percent in May. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 247,000 new passenger cars were registered. A total of 1,116,700 new passenger cars have been registered so far since the beginning of the year. This brings the increase in registrations to 10 [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative powertrains rose 10 percent in April compared to the same month last year. In the first four months of this year, sales of new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars grew 7 percent to about 382,000 vehicles. [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative powertrains increased 15 percent in March compared to the same month last year. For the entire first quarter of this year, sales of new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars grew 5 percent to nearly 292,000 vehicles. [...]
Yesterday, the coalition partners of the Federal Government took far-reaching decisions with great significance for mobility. Alexander Jess, Managing Director of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK), commented: "The modernization package of the Federal Government can give a further boost to zero-emission drives in passenger cars and trucks. [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives increased by 3 percent in February compared to the same month last year. There was a particularly strong increase in unplugged hybrids. In February, 47,064 new hybrids were registered (up 24 percent). This represents almost a quarter of all new passenger car registrations. [...]
The German passenger car market increased by three percent in February compared to the same month last year. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) registered 206,200 new registrations. Around 385,500 new passenger cars were registered in the first two months of 2023, the same level as last year. Reinhard Zirpel, [...]
Today, the Federal Cabinet adopted an amendment to the Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV). This will make digital vehicle registration much easier and soon available to large customers. The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcomes the new regulation, which should ensure that digital vehicle registration will now be used much [...]
Today, the European Commission presented its draft for the further development of the CO2 regulation for heavy-duty vehicles. According to the draft, the CO2 reduction targets for trucks to be achieved by 2030 are to be raised significantly. The Commission also wants to enforce a 90 percent reduction in CO2 [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drive systems fell by 9 percent in January. Electric vehicles recorded the sharpest decline, down 32 percent. Hybrids, on the other hand, increased by 19 percent. Due to the significantly lower subsidies since the beginning of the year, only 27,008 new e-cars were registered [...]
The German passenger car market is off to a weak start in the new year. In January, new passenger car registrations fell by 3 percent compared with the same month last year. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 179,200 new passenger cars were registered. This is the second [...]