What’s changing on the road and in the auto industry in Switzerland, Europe and around the world.
October saw 18,986 new passenger car registrations, up 2.9% year on year.
Auto-suisse reports 192,523 registrations for the first ten months, 2.7% more than a year earlier.
Battery-electric cars made up 27.1% of registrations since January. The figures may still be revised.
Overseas shipments rose while domestic passenger car sales fell.
Associated Press cites China’s auto manufacturers’ association as reporting roughly 927,000 passenger car exports, up 62.3% year on year.
Electric and hybrid vehicles helped drive export growth as domestic sales remained weak.
The network remains in stable condition as maintenance work grows more complex.
The federal roads office says about CHF 1.26 billion was spent on maintaining national roads in 2025.
On busy routes, it groups works and looks for ways to keep traffic moving during repairs.
From January to September 2026, registrations were 5.7% higher than in the same period of 2025.
ACEA says battery-electric cars accounted for 22.7% of new registrations in the first nine months.
Non-plug-in hybrids were the most popular powertrain, at 36.3%.