Road vehicles - New registrations


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
 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
 7 972 –17.9

of which camper vans

 7 134 –15.5
 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)

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
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
634 +14.2 5 856 –1.2

of which camper vans

550 +10.4 5 156 –5.0
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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