Just a few days ago, Germany announced a tightening of the requirements to access aid in the purchase of plug-in hybrids, and now it is Italy that takes all the incentives available for these models. The big problem is that the fund opened in 2018 to increase the sales of these models has been completely liquidated.
When there is no cash on hand, aid is reduced or terminated. In Germany, although incentives for purchase of electric cars and plug-in hybrids is maintained, aid to the latter will be reduced considerably in 2022. A few days ago we gave you the solution of the Germans, who rather, it goes along the lines of penalizing SUVs in general and sports cars in particular..
A strategy that has worked for the German government and has reduced emissions figures, but which represents a brutal expense for the country. Now, with hardening, the expense will be greatly reduced, and the purchase of electricity will be supported more. However, in Italy what has happened is quite different, since there have been literally melted the funds opened in 2018 to subsidize the purchase of plug-in hybrids, and also electric ones, vehicles up to 60 g / km. The only ones that will be able to benefit from the measure will be the new cars that are registered in the next 180 days.
Italy awaits the imminent refinancing of aid packages
For now, the helps that are maintained are those of the combustion models, although it is expected that these will be sold out in autumn, long before December 31st. And that very recently, just a month ago, the Italian Senate voted in favor of a refinancing of the incentive fund worth 350 million Euros that, of course, have not arrived, for the purchase of new or used cars, allocating 260 million to the former, 40 million to the latter and 50 million to light commercials.
The model of aid for the purchase of cars in Italy comprises different sections, with and without the condition of taking a 10-year-old vehicle to scrap or more, encouraging the purchase of Euro 6 combustion cars with a maximum price of 40,000 Euros and whose CO2 emissions remain between 61 and 135 g / km. Electric and plug-in hybrids too they benefit, under the same conditions, although the price rises to 50,000 euros.
So those who buy a new electric will benefit from a reduction of 6,000 Euros, while those who deliver a car for scrapping, their help will amount to 10,000 Euros. For new plug-in hybrids, and not including a scrap car, the aid is 3,500 Euros. The big problem Italians now face is the time they will have to wait for the funds to arrive in order to continue renovating their fleet.