At the General Assembly of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) today, several board members were elected. Reinhard Zirpel was confirmed as VDIK President for another two years by the General Assembly. He has held the office since 2016. Jürgen Keller was elected by the members as the [...]
Members' Meeting in Berlin - 70 Years of VDIK "2022 is a very difficult year for the German automotive market. Hopes for a recovery have become paler by the month. The increasing external disruptions to production are causing far more trouble for the automotive industry than we had expected. Nevertheless, [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives declined in May compared to the previous year. There were 90,619 new registrations of electric cars, hybrids with or without plugs, and gas-powered passenger cars, down 2 percent from the same period last year. The decline in the overall passenger car market in [...]
The European Parliament is voting today on a significant tightening of European CO2 fleet limits for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. According to the EU Commission's proposals, CO2 emissions from new passenger cars are to be reduced much faster than previously planned by 2030. According to the draft, new [...]
The German passenger car market declined by 10 percent in May compared to the same month last year. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) registered 207,200 new registrations. However, May 2022 had two more working days than the same month last year. Without this effect, the decline would have been [...]
The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) welcomes a new member. NIO is admitted to the VDIK. This means that the association now represents 44 brands of international passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers in Germany. NIO was founded in China in 2014 and has been exclusively building all-electric [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives declined in April. There were 79,940 new registrations of electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars, 11 percent fewer than in the same period last year. This was due to the sharp downturn in the overall passenger [...]
The German passenger car market declined by 22 percent in April compared to the same month last year. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) registered 180,300 new registrations. In the first four months of 2022, around 806,200 new passenger cars were registered, which corresponds to a minus of 9 percent [...]
The international manufacturers further consolidated their strong role in alternative drives in Germany in the first quarter. A special domain of the VDIK brands are the classic full hybrids. Here, their market share in Germany was 93 percent in the first quarter. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel emphasized: "If you are [...]
A letter from the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection indicates that plug-in hybrids newly registered as of 01 January 2023 will no longer be subsidized in the further development of the environmental bonus. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel commented: "If the subsidy for plug-in [...]