Market: electric cars remain in vogue
SWITZERLAND WEAKENS Sales of electric cars will continue to rise in 2023. Nevertheless, the target of the electromobility roadmap for new registrations will hardly be achieved. Switzerland is falling behind in a European comparison.
Although the network of charging stations is becoming denser, a majority of the Swiss population believes that there are still too few stations available. Many are therefore holding off on buying an electric car in the hope that the situation will improve, especially for rental apartments.
According to figures from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), 228,027 new passenger cars were registered by the end of November 2023. This represents an increase of twelve percent compared to the previous year. In contrast, sales of vehicles with combustion engines continue to fall. In 2023, 77,351 petrol vehicles and 21,528 diesel models were registered, while sales of hybrid vehicles continue to rise significantly.
Tesla is the most popular brand
By the end of November 2023, 45,538 electric vehicles had been put on the road. This corresponds to an increase of 35.7% compared to the previous year. According to Auto-Schweiz, this gives electric vehicles a market share of 20.2%. This corresponds to growth of 13.5% compared to 2022. Plug-in hybrids have little influence on the development of the market share of plug-in vehicles. As in the previous year, the Tesla Model Y is the leader among electric cars in Switzerland, followed by the Skoda Enyaq, Audi Q4, VW ID.3 and Cupra Born.
Switzerland falls back to 9th place
The overall market share of plug-in vehicles amounted to 29.3% at the end of November. Despite the growth in electric cars, it will be difficult to achieve the goal of the electric mobility roadmap to increase the proportion of plug-in vehicles to 50% by 2025. At European level, Switzerland is falling behind: while it was still at the forefront when electric mobility was introduced to the market, it is now only in ninth place in terms of EV registrations. Nevertheless, electric vehicles continue to gain ground on petrol and diesel models in this country.
There are currently 12,567 public charging stations in Switzerland, compared to 9,152 at the end of 2022. Although the number of public charging stations is steadily increasing, the TCS E-barometer for electric mobility shows that a majority of respondents believe that there are not enough charging stations available.
