This map demonstrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and the availability of customer incentives to stimulate ECV sales for each of the 28 EU member states.
Key observations
- There is a correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and the availability of customer incentives to stimulate ECV sales.
- Incentives for ECVs, and especially their monetary value, differ greatly across Europe.
- Only 12 EU countries offer bonus payments or premiums to ECV buyers.
- Four member states still do not offer any tax benefits or incentives at all. These countries all have very low market shares of ECVs (ie less than 1%):
- Croatia (N/A);
- Estonia (0.5%);
- Lithuania (0.4%);
- Poland (0.2%).
- Many of the other EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, with a low ECV share, merely offer an exemption from the annual circulation tax for electric vehicles.
Note: 2019 data, covering passenger cars