As of: January 29, 2024, 9:39 p.m
By: Lisa Klein
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There is no longer a bonus when buying electric cars.
However, the Federal Environment Agency has an idea for a new system to finance funding: a higher vehicle tax for climate-damaging cars.
A lot will change for drivers in Germany in 2024.
Above all, many things are becoming more expensive, and buying electric cars will also be more expensive in the future.
Because there was a surprising change in December: the environmental bonus was canceled early - there is no longer any government bonus when buying electric cars.
But that could change again - and the drivers of combustion engines will be penalized as a result.
As
echo24.de
reported, there are plans for higher taxes for combustion engine drivers.
Expensive change planned for drivers: Higher tax for combustion engines is threatened
The Federal Environment Agency has once again suggested that cars with high CO₂ emissions should be taxed more heavily.
“The income could be used to finance a bonus for the purchase of small and medium-sized electric cars,” said President Dirk Messner to “RND”.
echo24.de
asked the Federal Environment Agency what that might look like.
“Of course there is not just 'one option', but many conceivable variants for a bonus-malus system,” explains the Federal Environment Agency to
echo24.de
.
With a bonus-malus system, not all taxpayers would help finance the purchase of electric cars, “but only those who can afford a CO₂-intensive new car,” it is said.
A short report from the Federal Environment Agency said in 2021: “One-off payments when buying a car have a greater effect than annual vehicle taxes.
Many European countries already have a corresponding system for a new registration tax.
In Germany it would be easiest to implement if the vehicle tax was increased in the year of first registration.”
The Federal Environment Agency is calling for higher vehicle taxes for climate-damaging vehicles – electric cars should be promoted
Specifically, the plans look like this: “In addition to the EU CO₂ standards for cars, the Federal Environment Agency recommends a reform of the vehicle tax, which enables the levying of a climate surcharge for climate-damaging cars in the first year of new registration (“malus”).”
And: “By taking climate costs into account for climate-damaging cars, climate-friendly cars automatically become more financially attractive, which additionally supports the ramp-up of electromobility.”
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The Federal Environment Agency further explains to
echo24.de
: “At what point an increase in the tax for high-emitting vehicles would be conceivable is a political decision that the Bundestag would have to decide on if necessary.
In our opinion, this will not happen in a timely manner, but on the other hand, of course, time is of the essence.”
Current measures are not sufficient for the climate protection goals: “Vehicle tax reform” as an instrument?
The Federal Environment Agency goes on to explain why “time is of the essence”: “15 million fully electric cars in 2030 are necessary so that the transport sector can make a sufficient contribution to achieving the national climate protection goals and the reduction requirements of the EU effort sharing regulation for emissions from buildings and traffic.
However, the measures and instruments currently adopted are not sufficient to achieve this goal,” it says.
A projection report has shown that “taking into account all the measures decided to date,” there will only be eight to nine million fully electric cars in the fleet by 2030.
The pace wouldn't be enough.
“With ambitious national instruments that are implemented in the short term, the goal of 15 million fully electric cars in 2030 can still be achieved.
The focus should be on a reform of the vehicle tax.”