Bad Homburg. With 316,405 new registrations, August recorded a strong increase of 25 percent compared to the same month last year. The result is significantly influenced by the WLTP test procedure valid from September. In the first eight months of the year, 2,473,284 new passenger cars were registered, an increase [...]
Bad Homburg. With the intended amendment of the Income Tax Act, the Federal Government is sending out a clear signal in favour of electromobility. For the private use of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles as company cars, this amendment halves the gross list price of the [...]
Bad Homburg. The German market continued to show strong demand for new passenger cars in July. 317,848 new passenger car registrations correspond to an increase of 12.3 percent over the same month last year. In the months from January to July 2018, growth amounted to 4.2 percent with a total [...]
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 [...]
