The Executive Board of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) has proposed Imelda Labbé to the association's members for election as the new VDIK President. If Labbé is elected by the Extraordinary General Meeting on December 4, 2024, she would succeed André Schmidt. Schmidt has led the association [...]
A total of 231,992 new passenger cars were registered in Germany in October, 121,553 of which had alternative drive systems (purely electric, hybrids with and without plugs and gas-powered). The market for passenger cars with alternative drive systems is therefore up 8.1% compared to the same month last year. The [...]
New passenger car registrations in Germany in October rose by 6.0% year-on-year to 231,992 vehicles. With one more working day in October 2024, the calendar-adjusted growth of the previous year is reduced to 1.1%. Since the beginning of the year, 2,348,066 new passenger cars have been registered, which corresponds to [...]
New registrations of purely battery electric passenger cars (BEV) rose by 8.7% to 34,479 units in September. The BEV share of total new passenger car registrations reached 16.5% - the highest figure since the beginning of the year. By comparison, the BEV market share in September 2023 was 14.1%. The [...]
New car registrations in Germany fell by 7.0% to 208,848 vehicles in September compared to the same month last year. Since the beginning of the year, 2,116,074 new passenger cars have been registered, which corresponds to a slight decrease of 1.0% compared to the same period last year. This is [...]
Against the backdrop of the upcoming car summit on Monday and in view of the continuing sharp decline in the market for battery electric vehicles, the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) supports ACEA's position and calls for the planned reviews for fleet regulation for passenger cars and commercial [...]
New registrations of purely battery electric passenger cars (BEV) fell by 68.8 percent to 27,024 units in August. The BEV share of total new passenger car registrations reached 13.7%. In August 2023, it was 31.7%. However, due to the abolition of the BEV purchase premium for commercial customers from September [...]
New car registrations in Germany in August fell by 27.8 percent to 197,322 vehicles compared to the same month last year. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were hit even harder. New registrations of BEVs recorded their sharpest ever decline compared to the same month last year. To be more precise, only [...]
This year's summer meeting of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) gave a first foretaste of the IAA Transportation. Under the motto “Nutzis go electric”, members of the association showed what is already possible today in the field of alternative drive systems for commercial vehicles. In addition to [...]
André Schmidt takes over as President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) as former Vice President. Michael Lohscheller is moving to Polestar as global CEO and has therefore stepped down as VDIK President. Michael Lohscheller: “The decision to work for Polestar as global CEO is an interesting [...]