Road vehicles - New registrations

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Overview

In 2022, 322 387 motor vehicles were newly registered in Switzerland, 7.8% fewer than in 2021. Compared with 2019, the last 'pre-covid year', the decline was even 21.2%. The war in Ukraine also contributed to this, exacerbating the pandemic-related supply bottlenecks.

Passenger cars accounted for around three quarters of new registrations. A total of 229 403 cars were newly put into circulation on Swiss roads in 2022: 5.2% fewer than in 2021 and even 26.6% fewer than in 2019. Once again, however, there was an increase in electric cars: in 2022, 17.7% of newly registered passenger cars were purely electric, 4.4 percentage points more than in 2021 (13.2%).

New registrations – annual data

	2022	Change 2021/22, as %
Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	322 387	–7.8
Passenger cars	229 403	–5.2
of which petrol-driven	86 231	–14.4
of which diesel-driven	26 608	–18.5
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1	58 041	+6.6
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1	17 812	–18.3
of which all-electric vehicles	40 507	+26.5
Passenger transport vehicles	7 972	–17.9
of which camper vans	7 134	–15.5
Goods transport vehicles	28 942	–13.3
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	25 196	–14.7
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	3 746	–2.4
Agricultural vehicles	2 753	–18.5
Industrial vehicles	4 518	–4.1
Motorcycles	48 799	–13.6
Total trailers	19 968	–8.3

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

	August 2023	Change 2022/23, as %	January-August 2023	Change 2022/23, as %
Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds)	27 984	+16.5	235 197	+11.0
Passenger cars	18 913	+16.2	162 402	+14.1
of which petrol-driven	6 012	–9.7	56 783	+3.7
of which diesel-driven	1 794	–11.8	15 793	–9.8
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1	5 654	+37.4	47 517	+32.9
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1	1 185	+2.2	11 154	–5.3
of which all-electric vehicles	4 267	+87.1	31 087	+38.9
Passenger transport vehicles	634	+14.2	5 856	–1.2
of which camper vans	550	+10.4	5 156	–5.0
Goods transport vehicles	2 744	+25.5	22 224	+19.8
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	2 315	+23.2	19 098	+18.3
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	429	+39.7	3 126	+30.1
Agricultural vehicles	208	–1.4	2 154	+5.5
Industrial vehicles	356	+16.7	3 266	+10.0
Motorcycles	5 129	+14.3	39 295	–2.0
Total trailers	1 407	–11.2	13 859	-3.3

1) Petrol-electric, diesel-electric
Note: Provisional data; situation on: September 3, 2023/22 Source: FSO, FEDRO – New registrations of road vehicles (IVS)

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