In 2019, a total of 409 876 motorised vehicles were newly registered. This is 3.7% more than the previous year. The largest vehicle group was passenger cars, with 312 902 new registrations, 4.0% more than in 2018. Electric cars registered a particularly strong increase: their registrations more than doubled compared with the previous year (+143.9%).
Overview
| 2019 |
Change 2018/19, as % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 409 876 | +3.7 |
| Passenger cars | 312 902 | +4.0 |
of which petrol-driven |
192 430 | +1.9 |
of which diesel-driven |
79 618 | –11.9 |
of which hybrid vehicles (petrol-electric, diesel-electric) |
26 376 | +70.9 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
13 197 | +143.9 |
| Passenger transport vehicles | 6 497 | +15.8 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 40 008 | +6.6 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
35 587 | +7.7 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
4 421 | –1.8 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 3 115 | +6.3 |
| Industrial vehicles | 4 700 | +2.4 |
| Motorcycles | 42 654 | –2.7 |
| Trailers | 19 913 | –1.0 |
Current monthly data
| January 2019 | Change 2018/19, as % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Total motor vehicles (excl. mopeds) | 23 967 | –6.1 |
| Passenger cars | 18 810 | –9.7 |
of which petrol-driven |
10 361 | –16.9 |
of which diesel-driven |
4 816 | –27.7 |
of which hybrid vehicles (petrol-electric, diesel-electric) |
2 701 | +113.3 |
of which all-electric vehicles |
774 | +75.9 |
| Passenger transport vehicles1 | 409 | +51.5 |
| Goods transport vehicles | 2 766 | –3.0 |
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t) |
2 409 | –3.9 |
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t) |
357 | +3.8 |
| Agricultural vehicles | 217 | +9.0 |
| Industrial vehicles | 261 | –14.7 |
| Motorcycles | 1 504 | +43.4 |
| Trailers | 1 258 | +8.4 |
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