How to request government aid to buy an electric car

04/03/2022 at 19:03

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The Moves III Plan currently in force grants up to €7,000 to encourage the change towards sustainable mobility. The current rise in oil prices makes the purchase of an electric car more attractive than everwhich already pays for itself much faster than it did just a couple of years ago.

The world has declared war on combustion vehicles and proof of this is that the European Commission has just set for the year 2035 the end of the sale of diesel, gasoline, hybrid and bi-fuel cars with some type of gas.

Although it is true that we are becoming more aware of the environment, the prices of hybrid or plug-in mobility continue to be a wall that not all families can overcome in our country.

In Spain, the Government has set itself the goal that, in 2050the Spanish is a emission-free mobility and to achieve this, the executive has decided to close the gap between the price of combustion models and plug-in models with economic aid known as MOVES (Efficient and Sustainable MOVility).

400 MILLION EUROS IN AID

The Moves III Plan is the third edition of the incentive program linked to electric mobility. It is part of the European Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and has a budget of €400 million, which are distributed in the form of direct aid for electric mobility and charging infrastructure. The Government has made a commitment to expand this budget to double it if there is sufficient demand.

HOW DO YOU ASK FOR THESE HELP?

If you have come this far, it is because, most likely, you are thinking of purchasing or have already purchased a hybrid or plug-in vehicle and, at the dealershipyou have been told that you have to be the one to request the help. Right now you are browsing to try to find a place where you are told how you can do it. Well, if so, you’re in luck. Let’s see it.

An electric car charging | pexels

First of all, you have to know that each autonomous community is responsible for managing these grants and that, in addition, they can increase the total amount of these with their own budgets, although the total to be received by each individual will never exceed 7,000 euros.

Specifically, the Plan Moves III aid is intended for individuals, the self-employed, SMEs, large companies and administrations, but if you are reading this it is very likely that the ones that interest you the most are those intended for individuals oa autonomous.

In both cases, the subsidies are granted taking into account two large blocks. The first is the one composed of plug-in hybrid passenger cars (PHEV) with an electric range of between 30 and 90 kilometers with a sale price (WITHOUT VAT) that does not exceed 45,000 euros. For these vehicles, the aid ranges from 2,500 euros up to 5,000, depending on whether at the time of purchase we whether or not we get rid of a combustion vehicle.

Moves III plan logo | move

The second large block is the one made up of the 100% electric cars (EV or BEV) with autonomy more than 90 kilometers with a sale price (WITHOUT VAT) that does not exceed 45,000 euros or 53,000 in the case of passenger cars with 8 seats. For these vehicles, the aid ranges from 4,500 euros up to 7,000, depending on whether at the time of purchase we whether or not we get rid of a combustion vehicle.BALEARIC ISLANDS, A PIONEER COMMUNITY

The Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands has a budget that is close to 10 million euros and, in addition, it was the first to activate the aid of the Moves III Plan for its citizens. Specifically, in this community, grants can be requested from the month of July.

WHAT IF I HAVE BOUGHT A MOTORCYCLE?

The aid of the Moves III Plan is for electric cars, vans, motorcycles and quadricycles and plug-in hybrids. This edition leaves out electric trucks and buses; it also excludes mopeds and gas vehicles. Nor does it contemplate items for rental electric bikes or company mobility plans that were included in the previous edition.

UNTIL WHEN CAN I APPLY FOR THIS AID?

You have time to get the Moves III Plan grants until December 2022 or until your autonomous community has exhausted the budget money allocated to these grants.In this link You can check the total amount that your Autonomous Community allocates and, in addition, you can directly access the application process for each of them in a single click.

MOVESIII. CALLS FOR THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES: https://www.idae.es/ayudas-y-financiacion/para-movilidad-y-vehiculos/programa-moves-iii/convocatorias-de-las-comunidades-autonomas

MAIN FEATURES OF THE MOVES III PLAN: https://www.idae.es/index.php/ayudas-y-financiacion/para-movilidad-y-vehiculos/programa-moves-iii

Main source: https://movilidadelectrica.com/plan-moves-iii-2021/

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