Auto-Switzerland / Auto-Suisse
Berne (ots)
In June 2025, 21,810 new passenger cars were put into circulation in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein. This corresponds to a decrease of 3.9 % compared to the same month of the previous year. The cumulative semi -annual assessment of 113,133 vehicles is 6.7 % lower than that of the previous year (121’218). Obviously, the resumption of the European global market has not yet managed to affect Switzerland.
A positive note should be reported on the side of electric battery propuls: 4,813 fully electric cars were registered in June, which corresponds to an increase of 14.2 % compared to the previous year. In cumulative, the 23,203 new registrations display an increase of 8.5 % compared to the first six months of 2024. However, this is not enough to compensate for the negative evolution of the market as a whole.
Examine the adoption of European reductions on the Swiss market
The European Union has recently taken decisive measures to relieve its automotive industry by softening CO2 target values and to strengthen market development. Switzerland has not yet followed an example. To relieve the actors and strengthen their planning security, the EU now allows a calculation of average emissions over three years, in order to allow the achievement of CO2 objectives and to avoid sanctions. Given the tense economic situation in the Swiss automotive sector, Auto-Suisse requests that the same concession be applied to the Swiss market. Especially since the Parliament explicitly pronounced against a “Swiss Finish” during the examination of the CO2 law.
European neighbors benefit from a new, more realistic regulations
In neighboring European countries, new registrations are now increasing. The EU as a whole, but also our German and Italian neighbors, are closer to their level of prejoil than Switzerland. In Poland, the automotive market has even already started upwards. In Switzerland, the situation is opposite. Instead of straightening up, the global market continues to weaken. Mario Bonato, self-Swiss economistexplains: “with the” action plan for the automotive industry “, European partners adopt an approach that takes into account the reality of the market, in order to globally strengthen the sector and the European economic and industrial place. such strong signals are also necessary in Switzerland.”
Some glimmer of hope
The political world recently gave a positive signal by adopting the “right to recharge” in Parliament. And the share of vehicles on duty amounts to 30.5 %. However, to achieve the ambitious objectives of CO2 legislation, it takes even more. According to Thomas Rücker, director of self-Swiss“Switzerland is lagging behind a whole series of European countries which use much more effective instruments for a sustainable turning point in automobile mobility. We need measures that support the economy and set up effective incentives – in particular with regard to electricity prices for individuals, the extension of the recharge infrastructure and a more favorable tax environment.”
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Contact:
Thomas Rücker
Director
T 079 529 12 02
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