If it's up to the cabinet and the mobility sector, there will be two million electric vehicles on Dutch roads in 2030 and only electric cars will be sold. To achieve this, there must be 1.8 million charging points across the country by then.
For comparison: at present, the Netherlands only has 22,000 fully electric cars and just 37,000 public charging points. It is also no secret that fully electric cars are still relatively expensive to purchase compared to petrol and diesel cars.
But that's going to change. At least, if it's up to the government.
Subsidies for the purchase of zero-emission cars and tax benefits should make ‘green’ driving more attractive. Driving a petrol or diesel car will become more expensive due to an increase in fuel prices and vehicle tax.
This can be read in a article from the NOS,
Purchase subsidy
If you privately purchase a fully electric car in 2021, The Hague will contribute €6,000. This subsidy will be reduced to €2,200 in 2030. For business drivers, a purchase subsidy of €3,440 applies in 2021, falling to €1,830 in 2024.
BPM and motor vehicle tax
Until 2025, you will not pay BPM (vehicle tax) when purchasing a fully electric car. After that, you will pay a one-off fee of €350. From 2025, fully electric vehicle drivers will also have to pay motor vehicle tax. Until then, an exemption applies. For businesses with electric cars or charging points, the environmental investment allowance (MIA) will cease to apply from 2020.
A package of measures will also be introduced to encourage the purchase of second-hand electric cars. Driving on fossil fuels will likely become more expensive. In 2020, excise duty on a litre of petrol and diesel will increase by one cent. Diesel drivers will pay an additional cent per litre in 2023. This will particularly affect those who drive a lot financially. If you drive a petrol or diesel car, you will also pay more motor vehicle tax soon.
Strap for the Empire
The cabinet does not yet have a conclusive answer to the question of how declining tax revenues in the long term can be compensated for. The solution most likely consists of some form of road pricing. Ultimately, the car driver will bear the brunt of the costs associated with all measures.
Whether the proposed measures will actually have the desired effect remains to be seen. Even with a subsidy, you'll still pay over ten thousand euros more for an electric VW Golf, for example, than for the petrol version.
In our view, electric driving only has a future if manufacturers can produce their electric vehicles at the same price as their petrol or diesel engine vehicles. We believe that the fuel cell will eventually win out over the battery, and that hydrogen-powered cars have a future.
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