Rai Association believes there are two sides to the plans presented by the outgoing cabinet on Budget Day. On the one hand, the trade association is pleased that private purchase of electric cars is being further encouraged, but it is less pleased with what is happening in the business market.
Rai Vereniging, like Bovag, reacts critically to the plans to tighten up the addition rules for electric cars next year. Then the favorable percentage goes from 12 to 16 percent, up to a maximum of €35,000 of the list price. Above that you pay 22 percent addition. “This disrupts electrification in the business market, making it more difficult to achieve the tightened climate targets,” said Rai Association in a statement.
Rai Vereniging calls the expansion of the subsidy pot for private purchase of electric cars ‘right’. It is also pleased to see that the outgoing cabinet is paying attention to low-carbon fuels. What The Hague wants with this, however, is not yet very concrete, but it is mentioned among the €6.8 billion that the cabinet is allocating for climate measures. Rai Association therefore argues for ‘concrete measures so that the mobile fleet of millions of petrol and diesel passenger cars, delivery vans and trucks is made more sustainable.’
There will also be a subsidy pot for the purchase of fully electric delivery vans. The Rai Association believes that the heavier transport sector with trucks should also be encouraged to switch to alternative propulsion. “With the future introduction of zero-emission zones for city logistics, entrepreneurs are still in uncertainty due to the lack of the promised subsidy funds. It is time for clarity, so that, in addition to users, the Dutch automotive industry also receives the much-needed investment incentive,” said the chairman. Steven van Eick.
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