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 [...]
Bad Homburg. With 268,867 new registrations, the passenger car market in February achieved an increase of 2.7 percent over the same month last year. After two months, the market is up 0.6 percent and, with 534,569 registrations, has the highest volume of new registrations in 20 years. With 204,665 registrations, [...]
Bad Homburg. The passenger car market closed in January 2019 with 265,702 registrations and a minus of 1.4 percent compared to the previous year. Despite the slight decline, this volume represents the second-best January registration result in 20 years. The current market result is primarily the result of declining private [...]
Bad Homburg. The year 2018 ends with 3,435,778 new passenger car registrations. This almost reached the very high volume of the previous year. The VDIK member companies increased their sales by 1.4 percent in 2018 and sold 1,331,498 passenger cars in Germany. They increased their overall market share from 38.2 [...]
Bad Homburg. The commercial vehicle market in Germany continued its positive trend from 2017 into 2018. With 386,282 units, corresponding to a growth rate of 4.6 percent, the commercial vehicle sector again reached a record level. All weight classes contributed to this result: Sales of light commercial vehicles rose by [...]