The automotive importers suffer from economic conditions, CO2 regulations and the absence of incentives in favor of electric vehicles. In April, new registrations in Switzerland and Liechtenstein fell 6.9% to 18,664.
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Since the beginning of the year, the number of new touring cars put into circulation has reached 71,354, which represents a decline of 7.6%, according to the count presented by self-Swiss on Friday, the importer of importers. The latter notes that the negative trend prevailing in the first quarter continues in the second partial.
For the association, the evolution for the category of purely electric vehicles is delightful, since the new registrations jumped in April from 9.5% to 3840, covering 18.6% of the total market. In 2024, the share turned out to be on average lower, specifies the communication. Drive vehicles, for their part, represent 29.2% of the whole.
“The current global figures of the market confirm that the need for managers favorable to the economy remains very urgent,” said Auto-Suisse who, by the voice of its president Peter Grünenfelder, calls for “a promotional framework” of the State which “discharges the automotive sector”.
