All new electric and plug-in hybrid cars have to be ordered on Tuesday, November 8 to be eligble for a payout of up to 70,000 SEK ($6,400, €6,400) six months after the car was first registrered.
Sweden joins a number of countries which are now phasing out subsidies for new plug-in cars. For example, the government of the United Kingdom removed the £1,500 EV grant a year early this summer.
The Swedish right-wing government parties says the decision to remove all subsidies was taken since cost-parity between electric and ICE cars (Internal Combustion Engine) is now reached. However, that was critizised as being wrong by trade association Mobility Sweden. Also, the government is facing criticism for the fact that the move was announced during climate conference COP27 currently being held in Egypt.
”We are very surprised by this decision”, says Mobility Sweden communications manager Emmi Antonsson.
The other part of the Swedish new car tax system, which applies a heavy tax on new petrol and diesel cars during the first three years after registration, was not removed.
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