EN objective of 200,000 EVS in 2020 is infeasible

Posted on 18-03-2015 at 14:09 by MauritsH – No comments”

At least, if the current trend continues and no major changes in the tax area are to be implemented.

The netherlands has on paper the cleanest vehicle fleet in Europe, despite fierce competition from countries such as Norway where EV’s, until recently, firmly were subsidised. Here it was that, of course, also the case, but state secretary Wiebes builds the benefits for drivers of electric and hybrid cars slowly but surely.

Plug-in hybrids could to 2013 against 0% tax liability to be leased, in 2014, that percentage increased to 7% and next year should green urchins count on a bijtellingspercentage of as much as 15%. That that has implications for the demand for environmentally friendly cars does not need any explanation.

Only fully electric cars like the Tesla Model S and the Nissan Leaf will still be eligible for very favorable rates, which, according to Aumacon not sufficient to achieve the target of 200,000 electric cars by 2020. The kennisbureau assumes that by that time only 150,000 of EV’s in the Netherlands driving around.

The sales of phevs ran in 2014 compared with the year before but less than 38,3% of the interest in EV’s could count on a plus of 13.9%. That last is not a bad figure, although it should, however, be counted in 2014, only 2.982 electric cars are sold in the Netherlands. Too little so to make a really significant contribution to the environment to be able to deliver.

Salient detail is the fact that 60% of the sold electric cars, a Tesla.

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