Germany: This is how high the subsidies • Table.Briefings

In the case of company cars, the larger the company car, the more the combustion engine is financed.

In Germany and other European countries, company cars with combustion engines are subsidized to the tune of billions every year. T&E is now calling for the money to be used to promote electric vehicles instead.

The umbrella organization Transport and Environment (T&E) is calling on the German government to reform company car taxation. Instead of spending billions on „phased-out technologies„, the organization says the domestic market for electric vehicles should be boosted. According to a study commissioned by T&E, fossil fuel-powered company cars in Germany are subsidized to the tune of €13.7 billion annually. The study also shows that the bigger the company car, the greater the tax benefits.

Germany: This is how high the subsidies are for company cars with combustion engines

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