Dusseldorf The federal government wants to promote the purchase of electrical and semi-electric vehicles. That’s why in July 2016 she decided to pay out additional state bonus for cars with battery, fuel cell and plug-in hybrids – also called environmental bonus.
For purely battery electric vehicles, this bonus amounted to 4,000 euros, half of which was taken over by the federal government and the automobile manufacturers. For plug-in hybrids – cars that have both a combustion engine and an electric drive on board – the environmental bonus was 3000 euros. However, both cars had a maximum price of 60,000 euros. If the value of the car was above it, the government bonus was dropped.
The sticking point: The premium was previously only partially successful. On January 1, 2019, about 83,200 electric cars were in Germany and thus far less than the targeted million electric cars, which should drive on German roads until 2020.
Now the cover should be omitted. In the future, expensive electric cars will also be given a purchase premium. At the summit in Berlin at the beginning of November 2019 it was also decided Extend and increase the payout of the bonus by 2025,
For cars with a list price below 40,000 euros to flow 6000 euros for pure electric cars and 4500 euros for plug-in hybrids. For higher-priced cars, 5,000 euros (electric cars) and 4,000 euros (plug-in hybrids) are to be paid out.
Federal funding of 2.09 billion euros is planned for funding from 2020 onwards. According to information from the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA), some manufacturers benefit significantly more than others. An overview of which manufacturers have received the premiums in 2019:
(As of 31st October 2019)
Place 10 – Mercedes Benz – 6993 requested purchase premiums
The electrical start of the Swabians was bumpy. Shortly after the start of production had the electric SUV EQC for a call back to the workshop, In any case, the semi-electric plug-in hybrid engines make up the bulk of the incentive awards. Eligible are A-, C- and E-Class. The S-Class was semi-electric yet too expensive to be funded. But even in 2020, the recovery of the Swabians should make difficult. Only the transporters receive an electrical update.
Mercedes
The former Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche shows Chancellor Angela Merkel the only pure electric car of its premium brand Mercedes-Benz, the EQC 400 4Matic.
Place 9 – Kia – 7054 requested purchase premiums
The Korean automobile manufacturer is one of the electrical companies in this country. Although they have pure electric cars on offer with the e-Soul and the electric Niro. The compact SUV Niro and Optima customers also receive semi-electric plug-in hybrid engine. Since all models are offered well below the price limit of 60,000 euros, the Koreans come so far in the full enjoyment of the environmental bonus.
8th place Hyundai – 9184 requested purchase premiums
The Kia sister brand has two models, the Ioniq and the Kona, which are available with pure electric drive or plug-in hybrid. In addition, Hyundai belongs to the Nexo to the hydrogen pioneers. Especially the Ioniq should increase the number of applications. The new edition in autumn 2019 comes to a range of 311 purely electric kilometers. The price: with an increased premium, the car will probably cost under 30,000 euros.
Hyundai
The Ioniq is available in three drive variants: as a hybrid, as a plug-in hybrid and purely electrically.
7th place Tesla – 9781 requested purchase premiums
The California Elektropionier fell over the years from the legal framework of the purchase premium. Model S and Model X were simply too expensive. A slimmed down version was barely received by the customer and was eventually canceled. The State demanded from the customers even purchase premiums back, With the Model 3 and the new rules for the purchase premium are now too TeslaDriver financially supported. To date, 4875 buyers of the Model 3 could collect a purchase premium.
Tesla
With the Model 3, the electric pioneer also benefits from the German purchase premium.
Rank 6 – Mitsubishi – 10,698 requested purchase premiums
The all-electric i-Miev of the Japanese carmaker was history before the electric rewards were introduced. That the Japanese still have a high share of the requested premiums, goes to the account of a single model: The Mitsubishi Outlander is among the SUVs with plug-in hybrid a bargain. In the Netherlands, the model was the best-selling car for a year. In Germany, the semi-electric Japanese has many supporters.
Mitsubishi
The Outlander is one of the most popular hybrid models in Germany.
5th place – StreetScooter – 11,224 requested purchase premiums
The delivery van of Deutsche Post is purely electric on the road and thus quite successful. However, the electric premium for the small manufacturer is not necessarily a blessing. Since half of it is self-financed by the manufacturer and can not be “subsidized” by internal combustion engine cars, prices are less competitive compared to the vendor competition of established suppliers. This is disadvantageous in the price-sensitive transport segment.
StreetScooter
For the Streetscooter delivery vehicles, the purchase price for electric cars is not just a gift.
4th place – Smart – 15,846 applied for purchase premiums
The little one DaimlerSubsidiary is responsible for much of the Group’s electrical sales with the Smart EQ. Both the smart forfour and the smart fortwo are in the lead compared to the subsidy rates applied for. However, the future of the little Stromer is Chinese. The next generation, which will be launched in 2022, will then be built in China.
Smart
Daimler’s small electric cars will be built in China from the next generation.