"Alternative drives for passenger cars and commercial vehicles need strong incentives to encourage customers to switch. Irrespective of the question of the CO2 pricing system, it is clear that the stronger certain incentives are, the more low-emission vehicles and environmentally friendly commercial vehicles will be purchased and the faster CO2 [...]
The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers has published the new list of the current range of electric vehicles offered by VDIK member companies. The list contains 37 electric vehicles that customers in Germany can order and buy. These include 20 battery electric vehicles, 15 plug-in hybrids and two fuel [...]
In August, 313,700 new passenger cars were newly registered in Germany. The passenger car market thus remained close to the previous year's extraordinarily strong level. Despite one working day less, the decline was only 0.9 percent. Adjusted for working days, there was a slight increase. Since the beginning of the [...]
"Germany must speed up its efforts for alternative drive systems. Especially in the transport sector, Germany has set itself ambitious climate protection targets. In order to achieve them, significantly more low-emission vehicles will have to be put on the roads in the coming years. To this end, the federal government [...]
The Federal Ministry of Justice announced to amend the to significantly facilitate the construction of private charging stations for electric cars. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel explains: "It is urgently necessary to amend the home ownership law in order to make it easier to set up private charging stations. In [...]
In July, the German passenger car market grew by 4.7 percent year-on-year. A total of 332,788 new passenger cars were registered. July this year had one more working day than in the previous year. Since the beginning of the year, the Federal Motor Transport Authority has counted 2.18 million new [...]
The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcomes the further measures adopted by the Cabinet to promote electric mobility for tax purposes. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel commented: "The planned extension of tax incentives for electric cars until 2030 is an important signal to potential electric car buyers. Those who purchase [...]
German passenger car market with slight growth in the first half of the year Bad Homburg. The German passenger car market again grew slightly in the first half of 2019. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the number of new registrations rose by 0.5 percent to 1.85 million units. [...]
Bad Homburg: The VDIK supports the climate protection targets agreed in Paris. The German automotive market needs further incentives to promote climate-friendly alternative drive systems in order to meet them. The announcement after yesterday's car summit to expand charging infrastructure is therefore a very important step in the right direction. [...]
Bad Homburg. The diesel changeover premiums that car manufacturers have been offering since summer 2017 are effective. As a result of these measures, more than 500,000 diesel cars complying with Euro5 emission standards and worse have disappeared from the fleet in 2017 and 2018. VDIK President Reinhard Zirpel stressed: "The [...]