1st ICAI 2020

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2020

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

Country

Incentives

Tax benefits

• Bonus of up to 6,000 EUR for vehicles emitting 20g CO 2 /km or less. Vehicles under 117g CO 2 /km exempt from penalty. • up to 5,000 EUR for purchase of second- hand or new BEVs and PHEVs. • Bonus: a one-off amount (max 6,000 EUR for cars emitting 20g CO 2 /km or less) at registration of the vehicle (between 1/3/2019 – 31/12/2021). • Malus: up to 2,500 EUR for cars emitting more than 250g CO 2 /km. 60,000 SEK (5,700 EUR) for BEVs 10,000 SEK (950 EUR) for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (with CO 2 emission less than 60g/km) – Incentive scheme for BEVs, FCEVs, PHEVs, EREVs: • Up to 5,500 EUR for cars • 6,000 EUR for vans –

France

Five-year exemption for electric vehicles from the date of first registration. After this period, 75% reduction of the tax rate applied to equivalent petrol vehicles.

Italy

Sweden

Reduction of 75% for BEVs in main cities (eg Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Valencia, etc). Minimum rate (120 EUR) for electric vehicles. 10-year exemption for BEVs and FCEVs registered between 1/1/2016 and 31/12/2020.

Spain

• 8,000 EUR for medium vehicles • 15,000 EUR for heavy vehicles Purchase incentives: • Up to 5,000 EUR for BEVs (until 31/12/2021) Environmental bonus: • 4,000 EUR for BEVs and FCEVs • 3,000 EUR for PHEVs and EREVs

Ireland

Germany

Brussels and Wallonia: minimum rate for zero- emission vehicles.

• Brussels: financial incentives for companies to buy electric, hybrid or fuel-cell vehicles. • Flanders: purchase incentives for BEVs and FCEVs (cars and vans only) Government grants (through dealers): • Cars: 35% of purchase price BEVs, up to 3,500 GBP (4,000 EUR) • Vans: 20% of purchase price BEVs, up to 8,000 GBP (9,200 EUR)

Belgium

• Flanders: BEVs and FCEVs (emitting 50g CO 2 /km or less) are exempt until end of 2020.

Exemption for zero-emission vehicles.

UK

Source: ACEA; BEV = Battery electric vehicle, HEV = Hybrid electric vehicle, FCEV = Fuel-cell electric vehicle, PHEV = Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, EREV = Extended-range electric vehicle Incentives for purchase of electric vehicles vary widely in the individual countries of the EU. The greatest financial incentives in the EU are currently being offered by Romania. Four EU member states offer no incentives or tax breaks at all: Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland (ACEA, 2019). There are no direct incentives offered to the public for purchase of electric vehicles in the Czech Republic. However, tax breaks for cars with alternative fuel sources do exist,

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