In 2019, a total of 409 876 motorised vehicles were newly registered. This is 3.7% more than the previous year. The largest vehicle group was passenger cars, with 312 902 new registrations, 4.0% more than in 2018. Electric cars registered a particularly strong increase: their registrations more than doubled compared with the previous year (+143.9%).
Overview
| 2019 |
Change 2018/19, as % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 409 876 | +3.7 |
| Passenger cars | 312 902 | +4.0 |
of which petrol-driven |
192 430 | +1.9 |
of which diesel-driven |
79 618 | –11.9 |
of which hybrid vehicles (petrol-electric, diesel-electric) |
26 376 | +70.9 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
13 197 | +143.9 |
| Passenger transport vehicles | 6 497 | +15.8 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 40 008 | +6.6 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
35 587 | +7.7 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
4 421 | –1.8 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 3 115 | +6.3 |
| Industrial vehicles | 4 700 | +2.4 |
| Motorcycles | 42 654 | –2.7 |
| Trailers | 19 913 | –1.0 |
Current monthly data
| May 2020 | Change 2019/20, as % |
January - May 2020 | Change 2019/20, as % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 24 183 | –38.0 | 117 123 | –32.5 |
| Passenger cars | 13 791 | –50.5 | 78 742 | –38.7 |
of which petrol-driven |
7 971 | –54.4 | 43 170 | –46.0 |
of which diesel-driven |
2 743 | –63.0 | 18 674 | –46.9 |
of which hybrid vehicles (petrol-electric, diesel-electric) |
2 373 | +13.6 | 12 242 | +49.7 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
681 | +1.2 | 4 332 | –10.0 |
| Passenger transport vehicles1 | 727 | –22.8 | 2 960 | –11.6 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 2 290 | –39.1 | 12 608 | –23.8 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
1 945 | –40.7 | 10 956 | –24.9 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
345 | –28.3 | 1 652 | –15.8 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 299 | –23.3 | 1 534 | +3.2 |
| Industrial vehicles | 368 | –23.8 | 1 794 | –10.8 |
| Motorcycles | 6 708 | +20.2 | 19 485 | –10.1 |
| Trailers | 2 034 | –12.1 | 8 256 | –8.8 |
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