Frankfurt. The passenger car market in Germany developed significantly better than expected in the first half-year, with a presumed increase of 3.2 percent over the comparable period and approximately 1.79 million newly registered passenger cars. The VDIK member companies participate above average from the positive development, they are increasing their [...]
Bad Homburg. The VDIK welcomes the decision of the German Bundestag to amend the Energy Tax and Electricity Tax Act to extend the tax reduction for natural gas (CNG / LNG) to 2026 and for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to 2022. This has created planning security for all parties involved. Gas-driven vehicles [...]
Bad Homburg. With 323,952 new registrations, the passenger car market continues its success story in May 2017 and is growing by 13 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, benefitting from two additional working days. A total of 1,459,333 passenger cars were newly registered in the first [...]
Berlin. According to schedule, the Board elections were held at today's general meeting of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers. By a unanimous vote were re-elected: Peter Modelhart (Managing Director Jaguar Land Rover Deutschland GmbH) Markus Schrick (Managing Director Hyundai Motor Deutschland GmbH) By a unanimous vote were appointed [...]
Bad Homburg. As expected, the successful course of the German passenger car market was hit by three missing working days in April 2017. With 290,697 new passenger car registrations, the month remained a nominal 8 percent below the same month of the previous year. However, working-day adjusted, April 2017 saw [...]
Bad Homburg. The German passenger car market continues on its course for success. With 359,683 new passenger car registrations, a growth of 11.4 percent was achieved in March 2017, compared to the same month of the previous year. In the first three months of the year, a total of 844,684 [...]
Bad Homburg. New registrations of electric vehicles increased by 70 percent in January and February 2017 to 5,845 units compared to the same period in the previous year. Of this, 2,869 registrations were made for purely electric vehicles and 2,976 registrations for plug-in hybrid vehicles. With 2,136 new registrations, the [...]
Bad Homburg. In the first two months of 2017, the passenger car market grew by 16,490 units (+ 3.5 percent) to 485,001 passenger cars. This increase in volume is almost exclusively attributable to sales of the international motor vehicle manufacturers. During this period, the VDIK member companies recorded an increase [...]
Bad Homburg. The positive trend in the German passenger car market continued in February 2017. With 243,602 new passenger car registrations, the month nominally remained 2.6 percent below the figure of the same month in the previous year. On a working day basis, however, February 2017 achieved a growth of [...]
Bad Homburg. The VDIK welcomes today's decision of the Federal Cabinet to extend the tax reduction for natural gas as a fuel until 2026. This is an important step towards the creation of planning security for all stakeholders. Natural-gas-powered vehicles make a significant contribution to compliance with the pollutant limits [...]