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 |
| September 2021 |
Change 2020/21, as % |
January - September 2021 | Change 2020/21, as % |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 27 336 | –7.3 | 272 472 | +11.9 |
| Passenger cars | 19 527 | –8.3 | 181 931 | +10.9 |
of which petrol-driven |
7 026 | –27.7 | 79 373 | –8.5 |
of which diesel-driven |
1 932 | –53.6 | 25 907 | –31.0 |
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1 |
4 766 | +53.8 | 39 727 | +100.7 |
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1 |
1 794 | +25.7 | 16 165 | +98.6 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
3 993 | +38.8 | 20 508 | +82.2 |
| Passenger transport vehicles | 594 | +12.7 | 7 782 | +27.3 |
of which camper vans |
513 | +22.1 | 6 912 | +27.3 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 2 518 | –2.9 | 25 491 | +9.3 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
2 246 | –3.4 | 22 535 | +10.4 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
272 | +0.7 | 2 956 | +2.2 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 199 | –9.5 | 2 852 | +7.7 |
| Industrial vehicles | 392 | +7.7 | 3 591 | +8.4 |
| Motorcycles | 4 106 | –8.3 | 50 825 | +15.1 |
| Trailers | 1 665 | –7.3 | 17 498 | +8.1 |
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