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 [...]
Bad Homburg. The passenger car market closed in April with 310,715 registrations and a decrease of 1.1 percent compared to the same period last year. From January to April, the Federal Motor Transport Authority reported 1.19 million registrations, which corresponds to a decline of 0.2 percent. Nevertheless, the passenger car [...]
Bad Homburg. The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) strengthens its political work in the capital: From May 2019, Peter Mair (37) will represent the VDIK in Berlin as the new Head of the Representative Office. The position was newly created. Mair also heads department of Public Affairs/Communications/Press at [...]
Bad Homburg. The passenger car market closes in March with around 345,600 registrations. This corresponds to a minus of 0.5 percent compared to the same period last year. After the first three months, approximately 880,000 registrations were achieved, exceeding the very high volume of the previous year by 0.2 percent. The [...]
Bad Homburg: The Bundestag and Bundesrat have taken an important step by amending the Federal Immission Control Act and the Road Traffic Act to largely reduce the risk of driving bans. In particular, the new legal regulation, according to which driving bans are generally disproportionate if the annual average NOx [...]
