Car manufacturers have devised their own therapy to bring about a “radical change” in the automotive market that, they say, could boost electric car sales by 50% next year if it is launched in the first quarter .
The new measure consists of applying a “negative registration tax” by which buyers of electric cars would not only remain exempt from this tax, but would also receive an income of 7,000 euros for this same concept, explain sources from the manufacturers’ association. Anfact.
This amount is similar to what is received through the Moves plan, but the difference is that now the money would be obtained automatically. With the current system, the aid takes months to be collected and is also subject to personal income tax withholding that is often unexpected by buyers.
The president of Anfac, Wayne Griffiths, who has renewed his position today for another two years, met yesterday with the general director of the association, José López-Tafall, with the new Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, and today he did so with Industry, Jordi Hereu. This month a meeting with María Jesús Montero, Minister of Industry, is also planned.
With Hereu, “we share the same analysis: we cannot be happy with an average sales of electric cars of just 11%, when in Portugal they are already at 25%,” Griffiths assured. “It is very important to have complicity with the new ministers” and “we must improve the situation of the electric car because if not, we will not reach the objectives,” she added.
The CEO of Seat has also explained that what the manufacturers are asking for are “incentive measures and not punishment”, and has detailed all the demands conveyed to Hereu. Anfac understands that the new fiscal support will put an end to excessive bureaucracy in the autonomous communities, in charge of managing the Moves aid, in force until the middle of next year.
Anfac also wants a plan for the electrification of heavy vehicles, incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles for companies and “national governance” of the deployment of charging points, in which initiatives are not left solely in the hands of city councils.
The manufacturers’ forecasts are that this year will end with 950,000 new cars registered in Spain, 16% more than in 2022, and with 2.4 million vehicles manufactured in the country, compared to 2.2 million in the previous year. . If its fiscal plan is implemented, Anfac assures that the share of electric cars sold can double next year.
The Ministry of Industry assures that, in the meeting with the manufacturers, Hereu has conveyed to Anfac its commitment to continue advancing in sustainable and connected mobility.
It has also reported its intention to launch the third call for Perte VEC during the first quarter of 2024 to continue attracting battery production and electric vehicle value chain projects.
The minister has emphasized “the Government’s interest in continuing to advance towards the decarbonization of transport” and has shown willingness to “study possible measures that contribute to achieving this strategic objective”, according to Industry.
