Things are not going very well so far with that SEPP subsidy (yes, that is double).
Not everyone is equally enthusiastic about the EV subsidy for private individuals (aka the SEPP subsidy), as we wrote this morning. Nature & Environment of all people has commented on this subsidy. They believe that this money mainly ends up in the pockets of people with higher incomes. That's right, but hey, those are the people who buy new cars.
But how fast is the subsidy, which can be applied for again since January 9, actually going? Well, not very hard. There is currently €55,190,000 available for new cars, which represents 95% of the total budget.
Jasper Verweij (Mr. Kenteken) compared the figures with previous years and guess what? The enthusiasm is a lot lower this year. In 2022, 40% of the subsidy had already been awarded and in 2023 this was about 18%. Now it is only 5%. And while the budget is smaller (58 instead of 67 million).
Of course, we don't know yet what will happen for the rest of the year, but subsidy applications for new EVs are off to a very difficult start. The enthusiasm for the subsidy therefore seems to decrease every year.
And what about the subsidy for second-hand EVs? There is still quite a bit of interest in this. Of this amount, 16% has already been distributed. Although the budget is also slightly smaller (29.4 million instead of 32.4 million), there are not significantly fewer applications than last year.
All this is of course good news for Nature & Environment. So far, €4,830,000 has gone to second-hand EVs and only €2,810,000 to new EVs. In other words: less money to the higher income groups.
Graphic: Jasper Verweij
Photo: the updated Model 3, spotted by @julian06
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