Subsidy pot good for four times as many new EVs in 2022

The tax plans presented on Budget Day include an increase in the subsidy budget for new and used electric cars. The €41 million that was set aside for this purpose for 2025 will already be put into the pot in the coming years. An additional €80 million will be added for new electric cars and €10 million for used electric vehicles. On the other hand, no subsidy will be possible in 2025 and, moreover, the amount per car will decrease further in the coming years, from €3,350 in 2022 to €2,950 in 2023 and €2,550 in 2024.

Source: Bovag

De Bovag scrutinized the plans. The table above shows the new situation. Due to the extra money and bringing the subsidy from 2025 forward, there will immediately be considerably more room in the subsidy pot next year. Instead of just 5,000 new EVs, more than 21,000 new electric cars can be purchased with a subsidy next year. A large quadruple. The number of used electric cars has more than doubled. Until 2025, a total of 66,651 new cars can be purchased with a subsidy, compared to 39,618 in the old situation. With electric occasions, the difference is less large: 41,100 compared to 35,900. It is important to know that the pot for 2022 cannot be used retroactively by people who already purchased an electric car this year and fell outside the subsidy boat.

Although the Bovag is positive about the easing, it remains critical about the so-called ‘annual partitions’. That a separate part is available for each year, instead of making the total budget for the coming years directly available. “Bovag fears that in 2022 the interest from private persons will also exceed the number of available subsidies. With all the shock effects that entails in the market as soon as the subsidy pot is exhausted. The real solution, according to the sector, is to remove the annual partitions. has not decided yet.”