Support up to €15.000 to buy electric car: After all, who's entitled?

O Government announced last week that it is preparing a new support that can reach up to 15 thousand euros (or 16 thousand euros if you shoot down an old car) to buy an electric car. However, this help will not be for everyone – who will be entitled?

The beneficiaries

According to News to Minutes you've noticed in this tutor, this support will be for households with a social electricity tariff and households with incomes below 80% of the national average income, i.e. up to eur 11,572 per year, the priority will nevertheless be given to the former.

In total, the government estimates, 1.5 million households will be eligible, twice the current beneficiaries of the social electricity tariff, which are around 750 thousand.

What is the value of support? 

The new support for the purchase of electric vehicles by the most deprived families will have a share between 70% and 90% of the value of the vehicle up to a maximum of eur 15 thousand, announced the Environment Minister. 

Besides, you should know that the amount of the contribution can be increased by eur 1,000 if a vehicle used for slaughter is delivered.

The programme will accept applications for the purchase of up to EUR 37,500 electric vehicles, new or used for less than five years – provided they are necessarily purchased from a dealer.

Electric support is “potentially positive measure”, but there are doubts

The support for electric cars, which was announced by the Government last week, is “potentially positive measure”, but there are still questions and doubts to be clarified, which will only be explained after knowing the rules of the program, advanced the DECO PROTEST to the News to Minutes. 

“ This is a potentially positive measure, but its practical effectiveness will depend on the details of its implementation, which are not yet fully known,” said the source of the consumer protection organisation. 

“ We agree with the principle of support, which promotes sustainable mobility and is targeted at consumers with lower economic resources. In this sense, it is a very relevant support, especially in a context where the costs associated with the acquisition of electric vehicles continue to be an obstacle to many families,” explained the same source as DECO PROTEST, noting that “the information currently available still leaves several questions open” and it is necessary to “wait for the publication of the respective regulation and for the disclosure of the conditions of access before we can ensure a more detailed consideration”.

DECO PROTESTE explains that it is important to “understand in detail what the eligibility criteria will be, the application procedures and, above all, the mode of operationalisation of support”.