New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives increased by 47 percent in November compared to the same month last year. In the first eleven months of this year, 9 percent more new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were registered, totaling nearly 1.1 [...]
Today, the German Road Safety Council elected its new Board of Directors. At the general meeting, VDIK Managing Director Alexander Jess was also elected to the DVR's executive committee for the first time. Jess emphasized: "Ensuring that our roads become safer and safer is an important concern for us at [...]
The German passenger car market grew strongly in November. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 260,600 new passenger cars were registered. This was 31 percent more than in the same month last year. In the first eleven months, the volume of new registrations was 2 percent (2.34 million units) [...]
- New passenger car registrations down 1 percent to 2.6 million - E-cars: up 9 percent, momentum declining - Truck market: 310,000 new commercial vehicles registered - Forecast 2023: 2.75 million new passenger cars (up 6 percent) The German passenger car market will remain at a low point in 2022. [...]
The Federal Government has published the new environmental bonus directive. Unfortunately, it does not provide for a customer-friendly option to reserve the bonus. This means that it will still not be possible to apply for the environmental bonus at the time of purchase, but only once the vehicle has been [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives increased by 25 percent in October. About 5 percent more new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were registered in the first ten months of this year, totaling nearly 952,000 vehicles. In October, 35,781 new battery-electric [...]
The German passenger car market grew strongly in October. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 208,600 new passenger cars were registered. This was 17 percent more than in the same month last year. This growth in October also reduced the losses of the year to date: In the first [...]
Following the agreement in the trilogue, it is now clear that CO2 emissions from new passenger cars will be reduced significantly more than previously planned by 2030. From 2035, new cars will no longer be allowed to emit CO2. Reinhard Zirpel, President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers [...]
Today, the Federal Government adopted the Charging Infrastructure Master Plan II. Reinhard Zirpel, President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, emphasized: "The new master plan points the way for the further development of the charging infrastructure in Germany, it identifies the right instruments and measures. The decisive factor [...]
New registrations of alternative drive vehicles rose 20 percent in September. In the first nine months of this year, around 3 percent more new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were registered, totaling over 846,000 vehicles. This brings the alternative powertrains to a [...]