The coronavirus pandemic affected the Swiss automobile market badly in 2020. 336 841 motor vehicles were newly registered nationwide. This was the lowest number for 24 years and a decline of 17.8% in comparison with 2019. New registrations of passenger cars fell by as much as 23.7%.
Despite this record drop the number of newly registered electric cars (49.8%) and plug-in hybrids (+225.7%) rose again in 2020. Together these two groups accounted for 14.3% of all new passenger cars.
| 2020 |
Change 2019/20, as % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 336 841 | –17.8 |
| Passenger cars | 238 664 | –23.7 |
of which petrol-driven |
119 097 | –38.1 |
of which diesel-driven |
51 987 | –34.7 |
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1 |
32 757 | +49.3 |
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1 |
14 439 | +225.7 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
19 765 | +49.8 |
| Passenger transport vehicles | 7 870 | +21.1 |
of which camper vans |
6 691 | +25.8 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 32 430 | –18.9 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
28 591 | –19.7 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
3 839 | –13.2 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 3 252 | +4.4 |
| Industrial vehicles | 4 505 | –4.1 |
| Motorcycles | 50 120 | +17.5 |
| Trailers | 20 631 | +3.6 |
| March 2021 |
Change 2020/21, as % |
January - March 2021 | Change 2020/21, as % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 38 876 | +46.0 | 83 226 | +9.3 |
| Passenger cars | 25 010 | +42.1 | 56 685 | +2.0 |
of which petrol-driven |
11 764 | +29.4 | 26 410 | –12.5 |
of which diesel-driven |
3 872 | –3.8 | 9 370 | –31.1 |
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1 |
5 076 | +155.7 | 11 724 | +93.6 |
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1 |
1 961 | +128.3 | 4 350 | +87.7 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
2 299 | +46.1 | 4 749 | +51.0 |
| Passenger transport vehicles | 1 093 | +49.1 | 2 229 | +29.6 |
of which camper vans |
1 024 | +51.7 | 1 987 | +32.1 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 3 577 | +31.3 | 8 807 | +7.3 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
3 166 | +33.6 | 7 832 | +9.0 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
411 | +15.8 | 975 | –4.1 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 414 | –3.0 | 936 | +6.4 |
| Industrial vehicles | 493 | +15.2 | 1 177 | +17.6 |
| Motorcycles | 8 289 | +75.4 | 13 392 | +52.9 |
| Trailers | 2 504 | +46.7 | 5 357 | +22.2 |
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