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
| February 2020 | Change 2019/20, as % |
January - February 2020 | Change 2019/20, as % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 25 294 | –10.4 | 49 364 | –8.3 |
| Passenger cars | 19 035 | –13.9 | 37 912 | –11.9 |
of which petrol-driven |
10 680 | –22.0 | 21 063 | –19.6 |
of which diesel-driven |
4 733 | –27.1 | 9 575 | –27.2 |
of which hybrid vehicles (petrol-electric, diesel-electric) |
2 787 | +136.2 | 5 501 | +124.4 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
782 | +6.0 | 1 562 | +32.5 |
| Passenger transport vehicles1 | 521 | +38.2 | 945 | +43.6 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 2 691 | –8.0 | 5 463 | –5.8 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
2 388 | –7.3 | 4 803 | –5.8 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
303 | –13.2 | 660 | –5.6 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 227 | –3.0 | 450 | +3.2 |
| Industrial vehicles | 305 | +0.7 | 571 | –6.9 |
| Motorcycles | 2 515 | +10.4 | 4 023 | +20.9 |
| Trailers | 1 377 | –2.4 | 2 654 | +2.8 |
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