Road vehicles - New registrations

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Overview

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%).

New registrations – annual data

	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

Source: FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS)

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Current monthly data

New registrations – current monthly data

	August 2020	Change 2019/20, as %	January - August 2020	Change 2019/20, as %
Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	24 903	–7.8	213 518	–22.2
Passenger cars	16 165	–16.7	142 298	–29.6
of which petrol-driven	7 796	–34.6	76 829	–38.8
of which diesel-driven	3 667	–24.6	33 328	–38.5
of which hybrid vehicles (petrol-electric, diesel-electric)	3 058	+63.7	23 300	+62.8
of which all-electric vehicles	1 606	+160.3	8 346	+14.4
Passenger transport vehicles1	641	+40.6	5 553	+7.7
Goods transport vehicles	2 522	–15.7	20 668	–21.7
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	2 245	–17.8	18 058	–22.2
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	277	+5.3	2 610	–17.6
Agricultural vehicles	239	+16.0	2 415	+4.8
Industrial vehicles	325	–2.4	2 941	–8.2
Motorcycles	5 011	+37.8	39 643	+12.7
Trailers	1 481	+7.1	14 357	–0.1

Note: Provisional data; situation on: September 3, 2020/19 Source: FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS)

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