That’s why buyers will soon have to take a closer look
Anyone who buys an electric car can look forward to strong support from the state treasury – the price of plug-in hybrids can be reduced by up to 6,750 euros. Soon, however, there will be new, hard rules for this – and some hybrids will even be withdrawn from funding.
The environmental bonus will actually expire at the end of 2021, but the extension to 2025 has already been decided. Those interested in buying an electric car can therefore look forward to generous contributions for another four years. However, the framework conditions will be adjusted during the funding period: The regulations for hybrid vehicles are to be tightened will.
Funding for e-cars: hybrids are being phased out
The Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) has now presented a specific timetable for this in a draft of the revised funding guidelines. Accordingly, the amount of funding will not be adjusted. It fall all plug-in hybrids from funding, that do not meet the new minimum requirements (source: dpa via Focus).
Currently, the following applies: In order for plug-in hybrids to be eligible, they must either not exceed 50 milligrams of CO2 emit per kilometer or have to create a purely electric range of at least 40 km. It will stay that way until the end of this year. Then only the kilometers are the criterion that drove alone with battery can be.
As of October 1, 2022, plug-in hybrids will therefore apply must cover at least 60 km, without using the internal combustion engine. From January 1, 2024, it will have to be 80 km. The aim is to provide an incentive to further improve hybrid vehicles, which are seen as a bridge on the way to purely electric mobility.
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Anyone who decides on a plug-in hybrid should make sure that the electric range high enough is. Otherwise, in the worst case, there will be problems with funding. The simpler variant: go straight for the Stromer, the potential maximum funding amount is higher and less can go wrong.
There is also fundamental criticism of the mixed drives: They are now years too late with plug-in hybrids, says Oliver Krischer, traffic expert for the Greens. By now they would even slowing down the change to e-mobility. The ADAC, on the other hand, welcomes the draft and wants further incentives to drive hybrids as much as possible electrically. At the same time, however, they continue to stand behind gasoline and diesel engines.
