38 thousand EVs sold in a few hours with the new bonuses, which practically sold out on the first day they came into force. And now what happens after the blaze?
38 thousand EVs burned in a few hours, a true record
He made the estimates the UNRAE, the Union of Automobile Manufacturers. Considering all the 952.5 millionthose envisaged by the new formulation will be incentivized approximately between now and the end of the year 316,000 cars. Of these approximately 12% falls within the 0-20 g/Km emissions range, which means we’re talking just under 38 thousand electric, with the available funds already exhausted. For the others the money remains and will be used during the year. To be precise, according to Unrae, 11% in that 21-60 g/km (plug-in hybrids), so approx 34,800 cars. And the 77% in the 61-135 g/kmhybrids and thermals, therefore a platoon of more 243 thousand cars. This “without however generating additional volumes to the market“, according to the manufacturers. In reality, things aren’t exactly like that. At least for electric ones, if you consider that in one day more cars were sold than were registered in the first 5 months of 2023 (26,652).
Federauto asks: “Who grabbed the incentives? Anomalous phenomenon…”
Now it will be a matter of understanding what the government will do. And to investigate what happened on June 3: who hoarded all these incentives? For the first time, company cars were also allowed and it will be necessary to understand how many registrations are the work of private individuals and how many VAT numbers. The person asking for clarity is the dealers’ association, Federauto: “We express strong doubts about the exhaustion in a few hours of the ecobonus funds for bookings relating to the CO2 range from 0 to 20 grams/km. In practice, electric-only vehicles“, explains n.1 Massimo Artusi. “It is obvious that until the new Prime Ministerial Decree came into force, the absorption capacity in the 0-20 range has always been modest. We ask that the relevant administrations urgently look into this further anomalous phenomenon. And not in line with the rationale of the rule to favor citizens and businesses. While the authentic recipients of the measure risk end up cut off from the benefit to bring them closer to the green transition”.
