The purchase subsidy for electric cars for private individuals remains essential to enable the whole of the Netherlands to make the switch to electric driving. That is what the ANWB thinks. The purchase price is still a stumbling block for many Dutch people.
For a large group of Dutch people, electric driving is still a long way off. The high purchase price is still the biggest stumbling block. According to the ANWB, it is of great importance that the purchase subsidy for electric cars is maintained in order to get the whole of the Netherlands to use the plug-in car. A significant group of private individuals made the switch to an electric car last year. This is mainly due to the purchase subsidy for both new and used electric cars. The number of fully electric cars rose from more than 145,000 in 2020 to 216,000 in 2021. Especially people with their own driveway or parking space (41 percent) find electric driving an interesting option.
The ANWB writes in its Electric Driving Monitor that 51 percent of the 2,095 surveyed Dutch people between the ages of 18 and 70 find an electric car too expensive to buy. In addition, approximately 62 percent of private individuals think that the supply on the second-hand market is currently too limited. Although the willingness to buy has increased over the past five years, the total share of electric vehicles in the Dutch vehicle fleet is still very limited. Of the 8.8 million cars driving around the country, only 216,000 are fully electric. According to the ANWB, a lot still needs to be done to achieve the political objectives.
The government wants all new cars sold to be fully electric by 2030. That is why the large group of Dutch people for whom electric driving is unfeasible for the time being, will have to be convinced. According to the ANWB, it is therefore necessary to create a large second-hand market for affordable electric cars. The ANWB believes that the purchase subsidy should be maintained in the coming years and expanded in order to achieve this.
The purchase subsidy for a new electric car is €4,000 for this year and €2,000 for a second-hand car. However, the subsidy for new cars will gradually decrease from 2022 to €2,550 in 2024. For used cars, the contribution will remain the same until 2024 at €2,000.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl