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 [...]
Bad Homburg. The VDIK welcomes the approval of the EU Commission for the German funding program for a charging infrastructure. As part of the package of measures for electromobility, it will support the setup of 5,000 rapid-charging stations with 200 million Euros and the setup of 10,000 standard charging stations [...]
Bad Homburg. The total market for vehicles with an alternative drive grew by 75 percent to 6,497 units January 2017 compared to the same month of the previous year. 67 percent of these vehicles came from VDIK members. Sales of electric vehicles rose by 97 percent to 2,856 units. 1,323 [...]
Bad Homburg. When rescuing seriously injured persons after car accidents, every second counts. Therefore, rescue workers need reliable information about how to open vehicles at the scene of the accident as quickly and safely as possible in order to free people. Data sheets that contain specific information on the different [...]
Bad Homburg. With 241,399 new car registrations, the German passenger car market in January - with two additional working days - was 10.5 percent higher than in the same month of the previous year. The international motor vehicle manufacturers in Germany continued their previous year's success and increased their sales [...]
Bad Homburg. The Federal Cabinet today adopted the draft law amending the Motor Vehicle Tax Act, which provides that from 1 September 2018, CO2 values recorded according to the WLPT procedure are to be used to determine the motor vehicle tax. The WLTP measuring cycle can lead to higher measured [...]