in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, lower Saxony: they had all insisted on a General buying premium for cars in the stimulus package. “It can’t be, that France promotion spends eight billion euros for the Car, we said nine billion for the Lufthansa, but nothing for the heart of our economy”, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Söder (CSU) on the last weekend of the “world on Sunday”. In the three provinces, the largest German car manufacturers BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler are located.
Now, since Wednesday evening, passed the stimulus package, however, is to stimulate the Corona of a pandemic collapse in demand. And of a General purchase premium for Diesel and gasoline is no more. Instead, it has been agreed by the Grand coalition of the CDU and the SPD to a significantly increased premium for electric cars from 3000 to 6000 Euro, and to a lowering of the VAT. The idea behind: From the reduction of the VAT from 19 to 16 percent of car buyers will benefit.
“We are positively surprised,”
although there are disappointed voices from the auto industry. It is to be regretted that the Federal government “have included proposals for a broad and immediately effective Stimulus only for the part,” it said in a statement the German Association of the automotive industry (VDA), the main lobby group for the auto industry. The temporary lowering of the VAT was an important measure in order to bring the demand in Germany back in the swing, also praised the VDA.
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Söder, who had argued strongly for a General premium said on Wednesday evening, with the reduction in VAT for all engines and classes and price categories, not only the manufacturer but also the trade unions could make a good living. “We welcome the stimulus package and the overall economic effect for the country,” said BMW Board of management, Director Oliver Zipse on Monday. “The adopted measures are a valuable transformation accelerator to attract even more customers for sustainable mobility.” Jan Woitas/dpa-Central picture/dpa employees at the BMW plant in Leipzig, working in the Assembly of the Plug-In Hybrid sports car i8
Even many of the supplier companies are satisfied. “We are positively surprised,” said Dirk bird from the network Saxony automotive (AMZ) on Thursday. The TV channel MDR bird also said he was disappointed that no purchase premiums for cars with a combustion engine have been agreed. “The reduction of VAT there is a buying incentive.” This is particularly relevant to higher-priced goods. The benefit also car manufacturers and their suppliers.
“a mockery”, said the FDP for the premium
Anyway, a General purchase premium for Diesel and gasoline engine was a difficult project. Even in business circles, the idea had many opponents. If the car premium come, be you “is a Prime example of how a Lobby in Germany now”, said the head of the “Mittelstand” and economic Union of the CDU and the CSU, Carsten Linnemann (CDU), the “world”. FDP parliamentary group Deputy Christian Dürr referred to a buyer’s premium for cars as a “bare travesty”.
environmental groups were already up in arms against the plans. “We don’t need the car scrappage scheme,” it said in a statement from the climate activists of the “Fridays for Future”, which had called in several cities to demonstrations. “In the last few weeks they have announced an ecological response to the Corona-pandemic – billion for the auto lobby, the exact opposite of them!”
experts Also were skeptical. A study by the Ifo Institute came about a few days ago, at the conclusion of a purchase premium for Diesel and gasoline times the demand, but at best develop a “straw fire”. “The temporary VAT reduction will stimulate car purchases, the aid to the auto industry focus on investing for the future,” praised now Ifo President Clemens Fuest.
the President of The German Institute for economic research, Marcel Fratzscher, said on Thursday the broadcaster RBB, for the General buyer’s premium was “a strong Signal”. “That is brave to offer such an important German industry here, too, the end.”, Fratscher said. Patrick Pleul/dpa-Central picture/dpa A car with a Plug-in hybrid technology is a E-charging station (icon image)
sees The fear of the loopholes
FEDERAL traffic expert Jens Hilgenberg, however, loopholes in the now passed stimulus package. He complained to the consideration of Plug-in hybrids tantamount to a “purchase premium for gas in through the back door”. If not at least 70 to 80 percent of the track would be electrically driven, whether the car is de facto a burner. Higher premiums for E-cars in the existing System, also Plug a close-ins in the “environmental bonus”. The question of “optimized Efficiency of the electric drive Plug-in hybrid vehicles” is to be discussed.
Greenpeace called the recovery plan “is at best a pale green” and the increase in the premium for hybrid cars that is ecologically nonsensical. The internal combustion engine was the big loser in the decision, said climate expert Tobias Austrup: “The technological phase-out model has come the political support lost.” The reduction of VAT was, however, distribute Money “with the watering can”.
How very German automotive profit builders?
In may, the car registrations in Germany remained because of the strong reluctance to purchase due to the virus crisis in the fall flight. Compared to the previous month, they fell by almost half. The market share of alternative drives is relatively low, but growth is noticeable. In the case of pure E-cars are the admission increase was in may, 20.5 percent, in the case of hybrids of 18.3 percent.
The industry expert Ellen grandson said, there is a concentration of the subsidy on electric vehicles will bring the German manufacturers a little more: “Of foreign manufacturers to benefit in the first place.” Only a quarter of the eligible E-cars are German models. The increase in premium can bring something small to import your car.
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