Attractive prices
E-car boom through discounts and tax advantages
The demand for electric cars has attracted significantly again. In April alone, the number of new registrations increased by more than half. A manufacturer cannot benefit from this again.
As a result of higher discounts for cars with an electric motor, demand has recently increased significantly. In April alone, more than 45,500 pure battery cars were re-approved, as the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) announced. That was almost 54 percent more than in the previous year. Almost every fifth new car drove electrically last month (18.8 percent).
That should also be due to the rising discounts. In April, they were an average of 16.7 percent of an evaluation by industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer – that was 1.8 percentage points more than a month earlier. Since January, the discounts have even increased by three percentage points. With a typical model, this accounts for significantly more than 1,000 euros.
Especially commercial owners benefit
In particular, commercial owners benefit from this. “In Germany there is no longer the environmental premium, but the very favorable taxation of electric service cars is a significant incentive for companies to switch to electric cars,” said Constantin Gall from the consulting company EY.
One reason for the discounts is the EU CO2 requirements, which are to be observed, among other things, by more sold electric cars, and another Dudenhöffer emphasized the changes in the sales system for some brands. As a result, “with sometimes strong discounts and sales promotion programs about the dealers” is now being promoted again in order to counter the weak demand. The manufacturers would be very interested in “getting the market rolling”.
Nevertheless, sales are significantly lower than politically hoped for: “The number of quantities is far below what had been forecast a few years ago,” emphasized Gall from Ey. Nevertheless, industry expert Dudenhöffer now sees electromobility “before a new upswing, driven by more attractive prices”.
In the first three months of this year, the new registrations of e-cars had already attracted significantly in this country. A year earlier, they had broken down after the end of state funding. In the end, the German manufacturers in particular had beaten up.
Tesla is left out at the latest electro -room. The US car maker – who has a great work in Gründenburg, among others in Grünheide in Brandenburg – set around 45 percent fewer new cars in April in April than a year ago. Many people boycott the electric cars of the group of Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is increasingly representing right-wing extremist positions.
The car market stagnated across all drive types last month: According to the KBA, around 242,700 cars were newly approved in Germany in April, 0.2 percent less than in April of the previous year.
dpa
Source: Stern
