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🤷♂️ Alright, let's dive into the electric vehicle (EV) conversation. The Automobile Industry Association (VDA) is hollering loud for the new Feds to make up their minds pronto about fresh incentives for buying EVs. Hildegard Müller, VDA's president, spilled the beans to the German Press Agency, stating that a prolonged debate on support measures just stirs up confusion among consumers, who deserve some clarity stat.
The core of the e-mobility surge means beefing up the charging infrastructure and keeping our electricity prices reasonable. Tax measures can also give nice boosts to the e-mobility movement, but Müller's not so sure about a renewal of the environmental bonus. She brings up the point that such premiums can lead to temporary gains.
The lowdown on the new premium
The coalition agreement between Union and SPD mentions support for e-mobility with purchase incentives. However, there's no definite word on a new purchase premium yet. Sarah and the SPD gang have hinted at better tax support for EVs and programs for households with moderate incomes.
Sebastian Roloff, an SPD MP, spilled the beans that discussions are brewing over the form these incentives will take. It's all happening within a comprehensive plan that's still in the works for supporting e-mobility.
Sales of EVs took a nosedive after the plug was pulled on state funding at the end of 2023.
Other organizations feel the same
The ADAC is more about embracing electricity price reductions to speed up electromobility's ascent, according to one of their representatives. They think a direct subsidy for the purchase of EVs might not be the wisest move. "It's a pricey, inefficient, and socially unfair solution," they said. Instead, they propose adding a CO2-based bonus or penalty to vehicle tax during the first year of registration. This would benefit EVs and make internal combustion engines with high CO2 emissions more expensive.
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Some facts to fuel the conversation:
- According to the German Federal Government's coalition agreement, there are plans to provide better tax incentives for company cars that are electric and a special depreciation for e-vehicles until 2035.
- The German Federal Government also intends to provide incentives for the purchase of EVs, plug-in hybrids, and extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) until 2035.
- However, Ford and other automakers continue to advocate for more robust incentives to prompt EV sales and meet emissions targets.
- The VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie) wants clear policies regarding electric car subsidies to ensure stability in the automotive sector.
- The ADAC is more about embracing electricity price reductions to speed up electromobility's ascent. They prefer supplementing vehicle tax with a CO2-based bonus or penalty during the first year of registration, believing it would benefit EVs and make internal combustion engines with high CO2 emissions more expensive.
- Hildegard Müller, president of the Automobile Industry Association (VDA), urged the Feds to make swift decisions about new incentives for electric vehicles (EVs), suggesting that prolonged debates lead to consumer confusion.
- The core of the e-mobility movement involves enhancing charging infrastructure and keeping electricity prices reasonable, while tax measures can offer boosts, but the VDA is uncertain about a renewal of the environmental bonus due to potential temporary gains.
- In the coalition agreement between Union and SPD, there's a promise of support for e-mobility through purchase incentives; however, a definitive new premium is yet to be announced.
- The SPD group suggested better tax support for EVs and programs for households with moderate incomes to encourage e-mobility.
- The proposed incentives are part of a comprehensive plan for supporting e-mobility that's still under development, according to an SPD MP, Sebastian Roloff.
- The ADAC advocates for electricity price reductions to accelerate electromobility and prefers supplementing vehicle tax with a CO2-based bonus or penalty during the first year of registration, which would benefit EVs and increase the cost of internal combustion engines with high CO2 emissions.
