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Government grant scheme for electric cars launched
02/04/2019
A NEW government subsidy plan has been launched, offering financial help for anyone who wants to replace their conventional car with an electric or hybrid version.
The Plan MOVES provides grants of up to €5,000 towards the cost of a newly-registered energy-efficient vehicle.
Although new car production in Spain has been falling across the board for the last seven months, according to the manufacturers’ association ANFAC, the dealerships’ association FaconAuto and the sales collective GANVAM, new electric vehicle production and registration has nearly doubled year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019.
As well as cars, electric vans, buses, industrial vehicles and quad-cycles have all multiplied – even though they still represent a very low percentage of vehicles overall.
This is partly due to consumers’ fear of not being able to find a battery charger – like the one pictured - when they need one, and partly due to their higher cost.
But the Efficient and Sustainable Mobility Programme, otherwise known as the Plan MOVES, will help with the latter, and is a vital tool in reducing air pollution and fighting climate change.
The plan will remain in force until the end of this year, when it may be renewed if more State funding is available.
Cash has been injected into the Plan MOVES pot partly through the European Union Regional Development Fund, known as FEDER.
As well as trying to ‘rejuvenate’ vehicles on Spain’s roads to improve safety – given that the average car driven in the country is 12 years old – the government needs to cut CO2 emissions, which rose 4.4% in 2017 based upon the previous year, the highest increase since 2002.
The transport industry as a whole consumes 42% of fossil fuel used in Spain.
Conventionally-fuelled cars of 10 years old or over can be traded in for scrap, provided their ITV – official vehicle inspection certificate, Spain’s answer to an MOT – was valid at the time of the Plan MOVES details’ being published.
Grants are also available for fitting recharging infrastructure in private vehicles, loans for electrically-powered bicycles – of up to €100,000 for a commercial fleet – and for companies up to €200,000.
Details of the plan were published today (Tuesday) in the State Official Bulletin (BOE) and it is expected to go live within two months at the most.
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A NEW government subsidy plan has been launched, offering financial help for anyone who wants to replace their conventional car with an electric or hybrid version.
The Plan MOVES provides grants of up to €5,000 towards the cost of a newly-registered energy-efficient vehicle.
Although new car production in Spain has been falling across the board for the last seven months, according to the manufacturers’ association ANFAC, the dealerships’ association FaconAuto and the sales collective GANVAM, new electric vehicle production and registration has nearly doubled year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019.
As well as cars, electric vans, buses, industrial vehicles and quad-cycles have all multiplied – even though they still represent a very low percentage of vehicles overall.
This is partly due to consumers’ fear of not being able to find a battery charger – like the one pictured - when they need one, and partly due to their higher cost.
But the Efficient and Sustainable Mobility Programme, otherwise known as the Plan MOVES, will help with the latter, and is a vital tool in reducing air pollution and fighting climate change.
The plan will remain in force until the end of this year, when it may be renewed if more State funding is available.
Cash has been injected into the Plan MOVES pot partly through the European Union Regional Development Fund, known as FEDER.
As well as trying to ‘rejuvenate’ vehicles on Spain’s roads to improve safety – given that the average car driven in the country is 12 years old – the government needs to cut CO2 emissions, which rose 4.4% in 2017 based upon the previous year, the highest increase since 2002.
The transport industry as a whole consumes 42% of fossil fuel used in Spain.
Conventionally-fuelled cars of 10 years old or over can be traded in for scrap, provided their ITV – official vehicle inspection certificate, Spain’s answer to an MOT – was valid at the time of the Plan MOVES details’ being published.
Grants are also available for fitting recharging infrastructure in private vehicles, loans for electrically-powered bicycles – of up to €100,000 for a commercial fleet – and for companies up to €200,000.
Details of the plan were published today (Tuesday) in the State Official Bulletin (BOE) and it is expected to go live within two months at the most.
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