Funding program: Promotion soon only for German small cars? SPD and CSU want to adjust the electric car bonus
The electric car promotion in its current form also flows into luxury vehicles, new figures show. The program could be tightened up in four places. But one minister does not want to take part.
Berlin, Düsseldorf. Several Social Democrats are speaking out in favor of adjusting the program to promote electric cars. "The funding must live up to its social promise," said Isabel Cademartori, the spokesperson for transport policy, told the Handelsblatt. Sebastian Roloff, the spokesperson for economic policy, stated: "Luxury cars do not need to be subsidized by the state."
The occasion for the demand is new figures on the program. According to these, electric luxury SUVs, upper-class limousines, and sports cars are also being subsidized - including models from Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes, some of which have a list price in the six-figure euro range. For example, the list from the responsible Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) for the period up to August 1 shows more than 50 vehicles from the top class, including 36 Porsches. The Handelsblatt had pointed this out first.
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