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What futurologist Lars Thomsen has been preaching for a long time, is that electric mobility will spread at breakneck speed (“by 2025, more than 50 percent of all new cars sold will be plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles “), is reflected in the current sales figures in the Switzerland supported. Of the 21,454 new vehicles registered in September (-11.4 percent compared to September 2019), 4,331 or 20.2 percent were plug-in hybrids or electric cars. Therefore every fifth new car sold in Switzerland is an electrified vehicle and can be charged from the electrical grid.
All-electric models have increased their number of units by 26.5 percent to 11,169 since the beginning of the year, thus increasing their market share from 3.9 to 6.8 percent compared to the previous year. The growth of plug-in hybrids is even clearer. After the first nine months of this year, they were able to nearly five-fold their market share, from 1.0 to 4.9 percent compared to the previous year. But new hybrid vehicles without external charging facilities are also much more in demand, rising 39.1 percent – their market share has nearly doubled in one year from 6.3 to 12.0 percent.
Slow growth due to Corona
Although the Auto Schweiz importers association is of course satisfied with this development, Auto Schweiz spokesman Christoph Wolnik says: “Without the crown crisis, many more vehicles with alternative powertrains would have arrived in Switzerland this year. However, due to the numerous plant closures during the March and April closure, numerous market launches of new models with alternative drives were postponed. ”
With this statement, Wolnik points to the menacing COtwo-Fine importers if they end the year with adjusted COtwo-Not reaching limit values. Therefore, your association requires the Federal Council that the COtwo– Suspend the objectives for 2020 and 2021. The SVP National Councilor, Walter Wobmann, has already presented a corresponding motion. However, this was not received with open ears in the Federal Council. Much to the misunderstanding of Wolnik and his association of importers: “We cannot avoid the fact that our importers are currently not getting the green vehicles they want from the manufacturers.”
