Boom for new registrations: Lower Austria relies on electric cars!

Boom for new registrations: Lower Austria relies on electric cars!

The new car market in Austria shows a mixed picture: While the number of new registrations in 2024 increase to over 250,000 vehicles, which means a decline compared to the pre-corona numbers, Lower Austria recorded an increase of 8.1 percent, with a total of 47,107 new cars. This reports OE24.at . Particularly noticeable is the declining tendency for electric vehicles: in Lower Austria, the number of new registrations for pure electric cars fell 3 percent to 7,717 vehicles, which is the slightest decline compared to other federal states, where there was a minus of 6.3 percent nationwide.

That is why the electric car future is uncertain

The challenges for the electric car boom are versatile and primarily concern the expansion of the necessary infrastructures and social acceptance for electromobility. "It needs a policy that further promotes transformation towards electromobility," said experts. With regard to the drive types, it turned out that the new registrations of diesel and petrol vehicles react differently, with diesel fitting 6.5 percent and petrol vehicles was able to increase an increase of 14.6 percent to 18,296 new registrations.

After the new registration statistics are considered an important indicator of the automotive market, the potential is severely restricted by current developments. According to statistics.at , the extensive statistics on motor vehicles show information on basic trends and challenges that are imminent for the industry. The future of the automotive market could thus be decisively influenced by structural adjustments and targeted support measures.