Registration for alternative drivers

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In the last three years, the number of registrations in the Swiss car market has mostly moved in one direction: downwards. From the spring of 2020, the corona epidemic paralyzed the auto industry, and then sawdust and raw material supply bottlenecks slowed down car production worldwide. Then came the Russian attack on Ukraine in February last year, which, for example, disrupted supply chains and caused bottlenecks in wiring harnesses.

But now the Swiss auto industry can give hope again. Things picked up again in the first quarter of this year. With 25,184 new redemptions in March, the figure for the same month of the previous year exceeded 15.9 percent. 58,819 new cars were registered, with an increase of 8.5 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, calculated for the first three months of 2023.

Record sharing in alternative rides

Commercial vehicles also increased by 4.2 percent in the same period. “The Swiss vehicle market appears to have largely overcome the chip crisis and other delivery restrictions,” says Christoph Wolnik, of the Auto-Swiss car importers association. The industry can now process many orders that have accumulated over the past year. But the rise in the new car market means only a slight rebound at the moment. In the first three months of 2019 – that is, before the corona pandemic – about 72,000 vehicles were registered. At that time, the automobile market amounted to 311,000 vehicles throughout the year.

Passenger cars with alternative rides are already booming. With a market share of 54 percent – a record – more than half of all new cars are electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, gas or hydrogen driven. Battery-powered electric vehicles account for about one-sixth of the total market with 17.4 percent, while plug-in hybrid vehicles charged from sockets account for 8.8 percent. This means that every fourth new car is equipped with a plug. In contrast, gasoline and diesel engines are constantly losing market share. In the first quarter of 2015 – and thus before the diesel scandal – the diesel engine still had a market share of around 37 percent – currently only 9.5 percent.

Top ten models in transition

In the past three years, the top ten models have also been violently mixed. At the top was not necessarily the most popular, but the best model available. Vehicles ordered are not counted, vehicles delivered and used are counted. Tesla’s Model Y is currently number one with 1187 units sold in the first quarter of 2023. Surprising: two models from Renault subsidiary Dacia are in the top ten. Maybe it’s an indication that Swiss customers pay more attention to price when buying a car due to economic prospects.

Source: Blick

Ella

I’m Ella Sammie, author specializing in the Technology sector. I have been writing for 24 Instatnt News since 2020, and am passionate about staying up to date with the latest developments in this ever-changing industry.