New registrations of alternative drive vehicles rose 20 percent in September. In the first nine months of this year, around 3 percent more new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were registered, totaling over 846,000 vehicles. This brings the alternative powertrains to a [...]
The Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK) welcomes another new member. Genesis was admitted to the VDIK by decision of the Board of Directors. This means that the association now represents 45 brands of international passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers in Germany. Genesis is a Korean premium luxury [...]
According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 224,800 new passenger cars were registered in Germany in September. This is 14 percent more than in the same month last year. In the first nine months of this year, the volume of new registrations fell by 7 percent to 1.87 million units. [...]
Like the market as a whole, new registrations of alternative drive vehicles increased by around 3 percent in August. In the first eight months of this year, about 1 percent more new electric cars, hybrids with and without plugs, mild hybrids and gas-powered passenger cars were registered, totaling more than [...]
The Federal Government has agreed on the draft of the new environmental bonus directive, which regulates the purchase premium for electric cars. According to the draft, the subsidy will be reduced starting in 2023. Plug-in hybrids will drop out of the subsidy completely. There will also continue to be no [...]
According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, 199,200 new passenger cars were registered in Germany in August. This is 3 percent more than in the same month last year. After six months in reverse gear, the passenger car market is up year-on-year for the first time since February. However, the [...]
Demand for vehicles with alternative drive systems fell by 6 percent in July. On a cumulative basis, alternative powertrains remain up 0.4 percent, with battery electric vehicles and non-plug-in hybrids in particular contributing to this development with growth of 13 and 3 percent respectively. These two types of drive account [...]
The German passenger car market continued to decline at the beginning of the second half of the year. In July, 13 percent fewer new passenger cars were registered than in the same month of the previous year. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) counted 205,900 new registrations. Around 1,444,000 new [...]
Commenting on the agreement within the Federal Government on the further development of the purchase premiums for electric vehicles (environmental bonus), Reinhard Zirpel, President of the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (VDIK), said: "The discussion about purchase premiums for electric vehicles has led to severe uncertainty among manufacturers of [...]
New registrations of vehicles with alternative drives continued to increase in the first half of 2022. There were 548,271 new registrations of electric cars, hybrids with or without plugs, and gas-powered passenger cars. This is an increase of 2 percent compared to the same period last year. The 11 percent [...]