The German government could rephrase incentives intended for the purchase of electric and plug-in hybrid cars ahead of schedule. It was German Economy Minister Robert Habeck who launched the proposal: his idea is to completely eliminate tax breaks for PHEV cars already at the end of this year, and cut those for pure electric cars by a third. starting in 2023. Currently the proposal is to be examined by the competent ministrieswho will have to decide whether to bring forward the term of subsidies for electrified cars.
If the proposal were turned into law, the incentives of up to 4,500 euros for plug-in hybrids would be eliminated, while those for electric would drop from the current 6,000 euros to 4,000 euros in 2023 and 3,000 euros in the two-year period 2024-2025. “We want to contain our support for electric and focus more on climate protection – the words of the German Minister of Economy, a member of the Green Party – Furthermore, in our opinion, plug-in hybrids are marketable and no longer require public funding ”. The trade associations, however, are not there and contest the potential cuts in incentives: Hildegard Mueller, head of the lobby of the VDA car manufacturers, has clarified that the early end of the incentives for plug-in hybrids it would endanger the spread of electric mobilityand would ignore the real will of consumers in Germany.
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