How Germany decided on EEV status!
Germany currently has only about 50,000 purely battery powered vehicles and plug-in hybrids among the 45 million cars using its roads. The government hopes the new incentives will help sell an additional 400,000 electric cars. Other countries in Europe already have incentive schemes in place to get more consumers to buy electric vehicles, including Norway, the Netherlands, France and the UK.
Germany earlier this year, in May approved new incentives and tax breaks to boost demand for electric cars in an attempt to meet its target of bringing 1 million EVs onto roads by the end of the decade.
Under the plans, buyers of electric cars will receive a 4,000 euro subsidy, while buyers of plug-in hybrid cars will get a premium of 3,000 euros.
EVs will also be exempt from paying vehicle tax for ten years with retroactive effect from Jan. 1, 2016. This is up from a previous exemption of five years. Employees who charge their electric vehicles at work will also pay a reduced tax rate of 25% on this non-cash benefit, the Finance Ministry said.
The costs of about 1 billion euros (USD1.1 billion) will be shared equally between the government and the car industry. The program includes 300 million euros of spending on charging stations.
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