Sales: crises dampen car market
CHALLENGING HALF-YEAR The war in Ukraine, the chip crisis and the shortage of raw materials are just three of the many challenges that affected the automotive market in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in the first half of 2022.
With 109,600 newly registered passenger cars in the first six months of the year, the decline compared to the previous year's figures was at least limited to twelve percent.
However, the market trend in June shows that the problems are far from over, with a drop of 18.2 percent to 21,277 vehicles placed on the market (previous year: 26,005). Every fourth passenger car that has hit the road since the beginning of the year can be charged via the power grid.
Christoph Wolnik of the Association of Official Automobile Importers auto-schweiz: "The half-year results are anything but satisfactory. However, given the challenging circumstances, it could well have been even worse."
Plug vehicles roll in trend
Around one in four new cars put on the road in the first half of the year is electric at least some of the time. Battery-electric vehicles now account for 16.4 percent of this total, with 17,992 units, while 9421 units are plug-in hybrids.
Albert Rösti, President of Auto-Switzerland: "Unfortunately, the growth in public charging infrastructure cannot begin to keep pace with the percentage increases in plug-in vehicles. The current discussion about a possible electricity shortage is also keeping many customers from ordering an electric model. "
