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

	November 2022	Change 2021/22, as %	January-November 2022	Change 2021/22, as %
Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	26 611	+9.5	291 949	–8.7
Passenger cars	21 206	+13.2	204 079	–6.0
of which petrol-driven	7 485	+4.2	77 849	–15.9
of which diesel-driven	2 192	+10.2	24 235	–18.0
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1	5 554	+37.6	52 026	+6.3
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1	1 646	–15.2	16 192	–16.5
of which all-electric vehicles	4 321	+21.2	33 594	+27.4
Passenger transport vehicles	478	–12.0	7 497	–17.5
of which camper vans	382	–10.1	6 770	–14.9
Goods transport vehicles	2 672	–1.3	26 030	–15.0
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	2 354	–1.5	22 672	–16.1
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	318	0.0	3 358	–6.4
Agricultural vehicles	163	–0.6	2 619	–18.6
Industrial vehicles	396	+2.9	4 097	–5.8
Motorcycles	1 696	–4.9	47 627	–14.1
Trailers	1 383	–10.2	18 882	–8.6

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

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