Even more expensive in the future

Fun brake: what new taxes on electric cars mean

New taxes on e-cars are intended to flush money into the state coffers.

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According to the blue-black austerity package, an engine-related insurance tax will also be introduced on electric cars in future. This will make e-mobility (even) more expensive. We spoke to an expert from the ÖAMTC about what this means for individual drivers and the market as a whole. In Germany, the loss of subsidies caused registration figures to plummet.

Will Austria suffer the same fate as Germany? After all, e-car subsidies have already come under fire in the neighboring country. Specifically the environmental bonus. This was introduced in 2016 by the then federal government together with the car manufacturers in order to promote the sale of electric cars and advocate more climate protection. But the wind changed ...