Latest information from the automotive industry on registration statistics, news and trends on the Jato Blog.
Sometimes history doesn’t just repeat itself once. Sometimes it even repeats itself twice. Almost exactly 13 years ago, numerous media outlets ran the headline “The return of the MPV”. After family-friendly MPVs (multipurpose vehicles) such as Renault Espace, Chrysler Voyager and later VW Sharan enjoyed unprecedented sales success from the mid-1980s onwards, enthusiasm waned considerably from the mid-2000s onwards. One […]
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When e-mobility started to gain momentum in the early 2010s, electric vehicles with range extenders (EREV) were supposed to take away the worry of breaking down prematurely due to an empty battery. It was actually a good idea. Opel launched one of the first EREVs on the German market in 2012 with the Ampera. It could drive up to 80 […]
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Things are not going well for the German car industry at the moment. Sales have plummeted – especially on the Chinese market. And although sales of electric cars appear to be slowly stabilizing, they were down last year. Especially in Germany. Here alone, more than a quarter fewer fully electric vehicles were sold in 2024 than in the previous year. […]
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Chinese electric cars are currently receiving a lot of attention in mainstream media. One reason is the punitive tariffs that the European Union has imposed on e-cars “Made in China”. The government in Beijing has declared the electric car industry to be a key sector and is providing it with favorable loans from state banks. The development, production and sale […]
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For decades, there was one main trend in cars: they were getting bigger and heavier. Today, the average car weighs around one and a half tons. This weight increase isn’t solely due to larger vehicle sizes; rising demands for comfort and stringent safety requirements also contribute to this trend. This pattern holds true for electric cars as well. They are […]
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For manufacturers, cars need to be profitable. Anything that is not profitable or sells poorly is cut from the range (Convertibles for example are slowly running out of air). Sales of small cars or microcars have been falling noticeably for several years now. The reason: stricter emission limits and mandatory assistance systems for greater safety make it necessary to install […]
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Convertibles bring with them a touch of luxury. Many people associate a roofless vehicle with a feeling of freedom, summer days and vacation. Most convertibles are designed as two-seaters and are mainly taken on a breezy spin in the warmer months. As a second or third car, they stand for economic growth and personal success more than any other model. […]
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After the weak years during the coronavirus pandemic, the German car market recovered somewhat last year. This was mainly due to commercial sales – private new registrations, on the other hand, continued to fall. There were also differences between the various drive concepts. While sales of electric cars increased, plug-in hybrids (PHEV), known as a bridging technology, fell out of […]
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Free travel for free citizens – this slogan has been used for decades to successfully argue against a speed limit on Germany’s autobahns. To this day, Germany is the only country in Europe with no general speed limit but only a recommended guideline speed. On 70 percent of Germany’s autobahns, drivers are allowed to drive at any speed. With so […]
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The Covid-19 pandemic still has car manufacturers suffering. Above all, the so-called chip crisis, the sluggish production of semiconductors, is giving the industry a hard time. Electromobility, which only really took off two years ago, is also feeling the effects. At the end of 2020, JATO Dynamics analysed the market for vehicles with battery electric drive (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid […]
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