How about a new e-car? If so, you should quickly apply for the environmental bonus, because it won’t last forever. So that the up to 9,000 euros can flow as unproblematically as possible, Opel’s Germany boss is now demanding changes to the procedure. In the current situation, they should soon become very important.
If you want to switch to an electric car, you need clarity about the funding options. The ADAC recently called for this, and Opel’s Germany boss Andreas Marx takes the same line: “The customers, dealers, but also the manufacturers need clarification as soon as possible on how to proceed with the innovation bonus.” After all, said innovation bonus accounts for half of the state subsidy share that customers can apply for when buying an electric car.
Opel boss on e-cars: Date of purchase should decide on environmental bonus
But the environmental bonus and its individual components are to be revised according to the will of the traffic light coalition. For example, the eligibility for funding should be linked more specifically to the actual benefits for the environment.
A bureaucratic hurdle also stands in the way of the windfall: the registration date of an e-car or hybrid has so far been decisive for the application for funding. But buyers have to wait a long time: According to Marx, at Opel it is an average of 20 weeks. Manufacturers such as VW have issued dealer quotas for some models, and there is often nothing to be done after a waiting period of less than a year.
If these customers have to wait for approval, they quickly lose a large part of the environmental bonus. The Opel manager suggests: “In view of the sometimes long delivery times for e-cars due to the semiconductor problem, the federal government should Make payment of the purchase premium dependent on the date of the purchase contract and not, as before, from the registration date.” (Source: Autogazette). This would ensure that all customers who sign a purchase contract by December 31, 2022 are on the safe side.
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Dealers have to rethink electric cars
In order for this step to be successful, you must also Retailers rethink and enable early purchase contracts. So far, it has often been the case that a new e-car is pre-ordered for the customer. The actual sales contract is not signed until the delivery date has been determined. In the current situation, retailers cannot and do not want to guarantee this without a sure go from the manufacturers.
Marx also holds one for the further success of e-mobility Return of the Wallbox support program for important. So far it doesn’t look like that, the 900 euros for a private charging station have not been paid since last autumn.