Declining trend

Every 6th new car in the Ländle was an e-car in 2024

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1986 e-cars were newly registered in Vorarlberg last year - significantly fewer than in 2023 (2431). What are the reasons for this?

In the past ten years, a total of more than 10,000 electric cars have been registered in Vorarlberg, namely exactly 10,775. 1986 new electric cars were registered in the previous year alone. Although this was 445 fewer than in 2023, it was more than three times as many as in 2019. The number of newly registered electric cars also fell slightly across Austria.

There is one main reason for this, as Michael Schwendinger, an expert from the Austrian Transport Club (VCÖ), explains: "Unlike in 2023, companies did not recently receive any subsidies for the purchase of electric cars. As the vast majority of new cars are bought by companies or organizations, this had a negative impact on demand. But the weakening economy also played a role."

Bludenz brings up the rear
The differences between the districts in the Ländle are remarkable: with a share of 20.3 percent, the district of Bregenz was the leader in new e-cars. It was followed by the district of Feldkirch (16.8 percent) and the district of Dornbirn (14 percent). Bringing up the rear is the district of Bludenz, where only 12.3 percent of newly registered vehicles were electric. There is still plenty of room for improvement: the e-car rate in Norway is already at 89 percent - and since the beginning of the year, no new combustion cars have been allowed to be sold.