Yesterday, the Bundestag passed the new fast-charging law. This means that the tendering process for around 1,000 fast-charging sites in Germany can begin. In this way, the federal government wants to create a nationwide high-power charging network by 2023. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel commented: "The fast charging network is a [...]
The German government has launched the amended Climate Protection Act and with it a further tightening of the climate targets for Germany. The tighter targets will also enormously increase the level of ambition for CO2 reduction in transport. Reinhard Zirpel, President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK), [...]
In April, 50,839 new electric vehicles were registered in Germany. At 395 percent, the increase is particularly high, partly because of the rather weak month in the previous year. In the first four months, 193,696 new electric vehicles hit the roads. The number has thus tripled compared with the same [...]
The German passenger car market grew by 90 percent in April to 229,700 units. The background to this strong increase is the extremely low comparative level of April 2020, when car dealerships and registration offices were almost completely closed. A 10-year comparison shows that April 2021 was also extremely weak, [...]
In Germany, 142,857 new electric vehicles were registered in the first quarter. The number thus almost tripled compared with the same period of the previous year (plus 172 percent). The share of the overall market rose to 22 percent. This included 64,694 battery-powered electric cars (up 149 percent) and 78,047 [...]
The number of new passenger car registrations in Germany fell by 6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021. The Federal Motor Transport Authority registered 656,500 new registrations. The first quarter of 2021 was 16 percent below the 10-year average. There has never been a worse first quarter since [...]
In Germany, 40,185 electric vehicles were newly registered in February. The year-on-year increase was 143 percent. New registrations of purely battery-powered electric cars (BEVs) were 18,278 units (up 124 percent). In addition, 21,879 plug-in hybrids were registered (up 162 percent), according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority. At 21 percent, [...]
The German passenger car market recorded a drop of 19 percent in February compared to the same month last year. The Federal Motor Transport Authority registered 194,300 new registrations. This was the weakest February market since 2007. More than 71,000 new passenger cars were registered by the international brands. Thus, [...]
The number of passenger cars in Germany increased by 1 percent year-on-year to 48.2 million as of January 1, 2021. Just under 18 million passenger cars meet the Euro 6 standard, and their number increased by 16 percent, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority. This includes 5.4 million passenger [...]
In Germany, 36,911 electric vehicles were newly registered in January. The increase compared to the same month last year is 129 percent. New registrations of purely battery-powered electric cars (BEVs) totaled 16,315 units (up 118 percent). In addition, 20,588 plug-in hybrids were registered (up 138 percent), according to the Federal [...]