Between January and May, 91,300 new cars were registered in Switzerland, roughly the same number as a year ago, according to Auto Schweiz. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was only possible because cars with electric motors recorded a significant increase in times of high petrol prices. Pure electric vehicles have increased by 15.5% since the beginning of the year compared to the previous year, while plug-in hybrids have even increased by 20.1%. New registrations of pure petrol and diesel drives, on the other hand, have continued to fall, according to the association. Adapted from German by AI/mga How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select …