New prefix WBG will be introduced by exclusive request:
Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Bekanntmachung Festlegung von Unterscheidungszeichen für Verwaltungsbezirke für die Kennzeichnung von Kraftfahrzeugen Vom 1. November 2021 Auf entsprechenden Antrag durch die Stadt Wolfsburg hat das Land Niedersachsen in Absprache mit den anderen Bundesländern und dem Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur durch Ausnahmegenehmigung folgendes Unterscheidungszeichen für die Kennzeichnung von Kraftfahrzeugen mit Bescheid vom 1. November 2021 für den benannten Verwaltungsbezirk des Landes Niedersachsen festgelegt Unterscheidungszeichen Zulassungsbezirk WBG Wolfsburg Berlin, den 1. November 2021 StV 21/7362.2/3-02 Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur Im Auftrag Dr. Frank Albrecht
Juterman New prefix WBG will be introduced by exclusive request:
I'm actually surprised that a district can just request a new prefix while also keeping the old one. A few years ago my district wanted to introduce a new prefix that was more representable of the districts name while also keeping the old prefix as optional. Back than the request was denied.
It seems however that the prefix WBG was only requested as a precaution because local officials fear that they are going to run out of available combinations for WOB plates. But at the moment they even say that the prefix WBG will probably never be used.
Niemand It seems however that the prefix WBG was only requested as a precaution because local officials fear that they are going to run out of available combinations for WOB plates.
Wolfsburg City has population about 125,000. It's not enough for run out of combinations. But introduction of new prefix seems so strange. For example, Rüsselsheim City (in the Groß-Gerau District) tried to request for a new such exclusive prefix (RÜ or RÜS), but request was rejected. Moreover, prefixes HU and WZ, initially assigned to special-status (not independent) cities of Hanau and Wetzlar, now became optional for entire districts of Main-Kinzig and Lahn-Dill (in Hesse).
Juterman Wolfsburg City has population about 125,000. It's not enough for run out of combinations.
The problem seems to be the growing number of electric and hybrid vehicles. Since there can only be eight characters on a german plate and four of them are already in use on an electric vehicle plate (WOB + E) this leaves only four characters for the actual registration. So there are only around 92000 available combinations for these kind of plates, which is still plenty from my point of view.
Niemand The problem seems to be the growing number of electric and hybrid vehicles. Since there can only be eight characters on a german plate and four of them are already in use on an electric vehicle plate (WOB + E) this leaves only four characters for the actual registration. So there are only around 92000 available combinations for these kind of plates, which is still plenty from my point of view.
To distinguish electric cars, a green background should have been introduced instead of suffix letter E.
Juterman Niemand The problem seems to be the growing number of electric and hybrid vehicles. Since there can only be eight characters on a german plate and four of them are already in use on an electric vehicle plate (WOB + E) this leaves only four characters for the actual registration. So there are only around 92000 available combinations for these kind of plates, which is still plenty from my point of view. To distinguish electric cars, a green background should have been introduced instead of suffix letter E.
The E is kind of pointless anyhow, since in the forseeable future, there will be more Electric cars (at least as currently defined after German law) than normal ones. Especially as many companies now change to Plug-in Hybrid fleets, you can see loads of E plates everywhere now.
Wolfsburg sichert sich neue Kennung. https://www.news38.de/wolfsburg/article233855229/Wolfsburg-neues-Kennzeichen-WOB-WBG.html Und diese Kennung hat das Land auch noch genehmigt. Der Grund ist nicht nachzuvollziehen. In Zukunft wird das E an letzter Stelle wegtfallen, dann sind wieder genug Möglichkeiten vorhanden. Was, wenn jetzt jeder Bezirk mit 3 Kenn-Buchstaben aus eben diesem Grund ein weiteres Kennzeichen beantragt?. Das dürfte dann auch nicht abgelehnt werden. Und bei so vielen neuen Kennungen würden die von Rüsselsheim und Bremerhaven dann auch gleich noch genehmigt. Das wäre jedenfalls sinnvoll MfG
Re-introduction of old codes as optional will be enough in some districts using three-literal codes (CUX, FRI, HSK, LIP, MSP, MTK, SÜW).