This is how expensive it will be

Readers up in arms against new electric car tax

Driving an e-car will become more expensive: we show examples of how much taxes will rise.

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Following the expiry of the electric mobility subsidy , things are about to get even worse for Austrians: on April 1, the tax exemption for electric vehicles will be abolished. Readers have already turned to the "Krone" for help. Will you now pay the same tax for e-cars as for combustion engines? Or even more? We use examples and tables to show what is changing.

Anger and horror are unmistakable. One reader, for example, identifies the intention to "publicly execute large families": "I am a single earner with three children and we have an electric bus (Mercedes EQV 300, 2.7 t/204 hp) for family reasons. As electric buses are a niche market and unfortunately buses are inherently heavier, I can now easily pay two to three times as much for the vehicle per month as before."

Other readers think the change is right: "It's about time this window dressing stopped!" - "They use the roads just as much, so why not? Plus more tire wear due to the weight." - "I think it's only fair." Or: "One person buys an electric car and pays insurance tax. The other buys a combustion engine and pays insurance tax. What's the problem now?"