(Finance) – After the decline in registrations recorded in September, caused by the uncertainties linked to the introduction of the second generation smart tachograph, the industrial vehicle market returns to growth in October, recording 2,225 units registered against the 2,182 in 2022 (+2.0%). All the months ended on a positive note weight ranges: the vehicle sector heavy of mass equal to or greater than 16 t marks a slight increase of 0.5%, while both the segment of light under 6 t (+17.6%) and vehicles medium-light under 16 t, with an increase of 11.0%. In the first ten months of the year, the aggregate figure recorded +16.0% compared to the same period of 2022, with the heavy vehicle sector at +17.0% and an increase of over 3,000 units in volume.
Paolo A. StaracePresident of the Industrial Vehicles Section ofUNRAEcomments thus i data monthly of registrations: “The market returns a positive result, overcoming the uncertainties relating to the latest generation tachographs which have strongly influenced the last three months. We hope that, after the setback in September, the market will resume the growth trend marked at the beginning of 2023, although the current macroeconomic framework foreshadows unfavorable prospects for the end of the year and for 2024″.
In light of this context, UNRAE once again renews its request to support the sector in a structured manner with a Bottom multi-year ad hoc that incentives The park renovation with increasingly efficient and safe means for a zero-emission future.
“As announced with the choral proposal of automotive and road haulage supply chainwe reiterate the urgency of structural measures that provide for the adoption of an efficiency plan in favor of businesses to achieve the concrete transition of the sector towards a sustainable, innovative and competitive transformation of goods transport, in line with the principle of technological neutrality, to be understood as a plurality of solutions that converge towards the goals Of decarbonisation”, adds President Starace.