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Grants of up to 21,450 euros for an electric car … (news with additional features)
Munich, June 7th, 2017 – … not only in South Korea, where particulate matter and smog pollute the air they breathe. Norway stands out as being particularly well-disposed to electric cars. Ever since “dieselgate”, electric cars have been hailed as the new saviour of our environment. Ecovis, a consultancy firm focussing particularly on the interests of SMEs, turned to its international partner offices for answers to the question of what financial incentives to purchase e-cars or plug-in hybrids exist in their respective countries.
On roads the world over there are some 1.3 million vehicles powered by electric traction motors. Despite this, these “particulate preventers” are still not really catching on. To give the business a boost, over half of the 34 Ecovis countries participating in the survey offer financial incentives at the state’s expense. “With few exceptions, subsidies are offered not only for purely electric cars but for hybrids, too, irrespective of whether they are to be used privately or as company cars,” says Alexander Weigert, one of Ecovis’ directors. Only Bulgaria and China restrict their subsidies to vehicles purchased by private individuals. “In China, the incentive is paid directly to the manufacturer, which makes the selling price more attractive”, says Richard Hoffmann, a partner with Ecovis in Beijing. With impressive results: new registrations of e-cars in China increased from 1% p.a. in 2015 to 1.7% p.a. in 2016. Europe’s Mecca for electromobility is currently in Norway. Roughly 15 percent of all newly registered cars are electric. Upto 2017 or possibly longer. buyers will not be required to pay purchase or value-added tax. The owners benefit from reduced car and road tax. They park for free, and they need neither to pay road tolls nor for ferries. In public parking spaces they can refuel for free. “Normally a Tesla S would cost 130,000 euros”, says Jørgen Svendgård from the Ecovis tax office in Oslo, “but here in Norway this Tesla would cost only 72,000 euros – so you can save 58.000 euros!” Financial incentives As a general trend, subsidies for e-cars are significantly greater than for hybrids:
Taxation designed to curb prices In some countries tax breaks are offered in addition to or instead of financial purchasing incentives:
In eight of the countries surveyed, there are no financial incentives whatsoever. These are Australia, Lithuania, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Czech Republic, Tunisia and Vietnam. The results at a glance
About Ecovis Ecovis is a consulting firm which offers advisory services to SMEs. In Germany it ranks among the top ten in the industry. Some 5,000 members of staff are employed in over 100 offices throughout Germany as well as in partner firms in over 60 countries. Ecovis serves and advises family enterprises and owner-managed companies as well as the self-employed and private individuals. In order to provide a solid foundation for the economic activities of its clients and facilitate their development, Ecovis has created a pool of the national and international professional and industrial expertise of all its tax advisers, auditors, lawyers and management consultants. Every one of the Ecovis offices can draw on the resources of this knowledge pool. Besides this, the Ecovis Academy embodies the importance the firm attaches to sound training and regular professional development courses on the latest advances. All these measures ensure that Ecovis’ advisers in each individual office can provide their clients with the best of personal service. www.ecovis.com Contact at Ecovis for journalists: Gudrun Bergdolt tel. +49 (0)89 5898-266 email: gudrun.bergdolt@ecovis.com End of Media Release Additional features: Picture: http://newsfeed2.eqs.com/ecovis/580967.html Subtitle: Ecovis_Car Issuer: ECOVIS Europe AG Key word(s): Automobile
07.06.2017 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP – a service of EQS Group AG. |
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