The German passenger car market increased by three percent in February compared to the same month last year. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) registered 206,200 new registrations. Around 385,500 new passenger cars were registered in the first two months of 2023, the same level as last year. Reinhard Zirpel, [...]
Today, the Federal Cabinet adopted an amendment to the Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV). This will make digital vehicle registration much easier and soon available to large customers. The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers welcomes the new regulation, which should ensure that digital vehicle registration will now be used much [...]
Today, the European Commission presented its draft for the further development of the CO2 regulation for heavy-duty vehicles. According to the draft, the CO2 reduction targets for trucks to be achieved by 2030 are to be raised significantly. The Commission also wants to enforce a 90 percent reduction in CO2 [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drive systems fell by 9 percent in January. Electric vehicles recorded the sharpest decline, down 32 percent. Hybrids, on the other hand, increased by 19 percent. Due to the significantly lower subsidies since the beginning of the year, only 27,008 new e-cars were registered [...]
The German passenger car market is off to a weak start in the new year. In January, new passenger car registrations fell by 3 percent compared with the same month last year. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 179,200 new passenger cars were registered. This is the second [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative powertrains increased 81 percent in December compared to the same month last year. For 2022 as a whole, 17 percent more electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were newly registered, totaling more than 1.3 million vehicles. This [...]
The German passenger car market closed the year 2022 with a strong final spurt. In December, 314,300 new passenger cars were registered. This corresponded to growth of 38 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. The passenger car market thus turned positive shortly before the end of [...]
As of 1 January, the purchase bonus for electric cars in Germany will be reduced. Plug-in hybrids will no longer be eligible for the environmental bonus at all. Reinhard Zirpel, President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK), comments: "The new year confronts customers in Germany with higher [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives increased by 47 percent in November compared to the same month last year. In the first eleven months of this year, 9 percent more new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were registered, totaling nearly 1.1 [...]
Today, the German Road Safety Council elected its new Board of Directors. At the general meeting, VDIK Managing Director Alexander Jess was also elected to the DVR's executive committee for the first time. Jess emphasized: "Ensuring that our roads become safer and safer is an important concern for us at [...]