More than a quarter of the cars newly registered last month were e-cars or hybrids. The decrease in the total number is clear, however.
Electric drives are increasingly an alternative for car buyers. Their share of new registrations rose to a high in September, as shown by figures from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA).
17.1 percent were battery electric cars and 12.7 percent plug-in hybrids. Pure diesel drives came to 15.9 percent, gasoline engines to 35.9 percent.
The federal government and the manufacturers are promoting the purchase of electric cars with up to 9,000 euros. That should improve the climate balance. According to KBA, all vehicles registered in September emitted an average of 111.6 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer, around 17 percent less than a year ago.
A total of 196,972 cars were newly registered in September. That was a good quarter less than in the same month last year and the weakest September value since 1991. In the second half of 2020, the federal government lowered the value-added tax in order to stimulate the economy during the Corona crisis.
For the year as a whole, the German car market has so far been 1.2 percent in the red with around two million vehicles. In the factories, supply bottlenecks for semiconductors continue to hinder production, as the Association of the Automotive Industry announced. “The German car market is getting into increasingly difficult waters,” commented the Association of International Motor Vehicle Manufacturers.
Suppliers warned on Tuesday that the lack of chips and high prices for raw materials and energy would cause many medium-sized companies to exist. Deliveries would be canceled at short notice, trucks would have to turn back, criticized the supplier industry working group. Car manufacturers refused to pay due to the lack of chips. The trade association of the German rubber industry warned of a wave of bankruptcies among small and medium-sized auto suppliers until Christmas.
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