Road vehicles - New registrations

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Overview

In 2021, 350 056 motor vehicles were newly registered in Switzerland. This was 3.9% more than in 2020, but still 14.6% less than in 2019 before the arrival of COVID-19. Delivery problems related to the ‘chip crisis’ were responsible for this
figure, which remains low in long-term comparison.

New passenger car registrations increased by 1.5% in 2021 compared to 2020 (–22.6% compared to 2019). Once again, the number of new electric cars and plug-in hybrids rose sharply (+62.1% and +50.9% respectively compared to 2020). Together these two groups accounted for 22.2% of all new passenger cars in 2021.

New registrations – annual data

	2021	Change 2020/21, as %
Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	350 056	+3.9
Passenger cars	242 263	+1.5
of which petrol-driven	100 881	–15.3
of which diesel-driven	32 680	–37.1
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1	54 515	+66.4
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1	21 789	+50.9
of which all-electric vehicles	32 033	+62.1
Passenger transport vehicles	9 723	+23.5
of which camper vans	8 457	+26.4
Goods transport vehicles	33 414	+3.0
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	29 566	+3.4
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	3 848	+0.3
Agricultural vehicles	3 380	+3.9
Industrial vehicles	4 720	+4.8
Motorcycles	56 556	+12.8
Trailers	21 812	+5.7

1) Petrol-electric, diesel-electric Source: FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS)

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Current monthly data

New registrations – current monthly data

	April 2022	Change 2021/22, as %	January -April 2022	Change 2021/22, as %
Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	25 361	–26.8	102 979	–13.0
Passenger cars	15 475	–29.0	70 067	–11.1
of which petrol-driven	6 047	–39.1	26 754	–26.6
of which diesel-driven	1 897	–41.8	8 355	–34.0
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1	4 185	–11.5	17 706	+6.5
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1	1 260	–34.1	6 240	0.0
of which all-electric vehicles	2 070	+6.4	10 946	+62.7
Passenger transport vehicles	739	–23.2	3 046	–7.2
of which camper vans	700	–21.4	2 817	–5.1
Goods transport vehicles	2 262	–27.1	9 796	–17.9
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	1 982	–27.6	8 642	–18.4
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	280	–23.5	1 154	–14.2
Agricultural vehicles	261	–31.5	990	–25.8
Industrial vehicles	358	–15.2	1 463	–8.8
Motorcycles	6 266	–21.5	17 617	–17.7
Trailers	1 951	–17.2	6 868	–11.4

1) Petrol-electric, diesel-electric
Note: Provisional data; situation on: May 3, 2022/21 Source: FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS)

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