• Policy

        • Germany

        • 2023

        Lorry CO2-tolls (Federal Highways Toll Act)

        Until the end of 2025, electric vehicles, hydrogen combustion engines and hydrogen fuel cell trucks are exempt from the CO2 toll. After that, these lorries will be charged 25% of the toll rate for infrastructure costs. This measure is the result of the revision of the Federal Highways Toll Act, which was changed in accordance with the change to the Eurovignette Directive that entered into effect in March 2022

        • Policy

        • Malta

        • 2024

        Government investment in charging stations

        Work is ongoing for our country to have 1,200 charging points for electric vehicles. To date, the Government has invested in 372 such public charging points spread across 186 sites around Malta and Gozo. 

        • Policy

        • Cyprus

        • 2022

        "Electrification with 1000" Sponsorship Scheme

        The Grant Scheme aims for the installation of 1000 publicly accessible recharging points for electric vehicles in Cyprus. 

        • Policy

        • India

        • 2019

        2019 Reduction in Goods and Services Tax rate applied to EV purchase

        Since 2019, purchases of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) face a reduced national Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate of 5% in comparison to 28% for large passenger vehicles (>4m) and 18% for small passenger vehicles (<4m). 

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2012

        UNPLUGGED project

        UNPLUGGED project aims to investigate how the use of inductive charging of Electric Vehicles (EV) in urban environments improves the convenience and sustainability of car-based mobility. In particular, it will be investigated how smart inductive charging infrastructure can facilitate full EV integration in the urban road systems while improving customer acceptance and perceived practicality. UNPLUGGED will achieve these goals by examining in detail the technical feasibility, practical issues, interoperability, user perception and socio-economic impacts of inductive charging. As one special variant, inductive en-route charging will be investigated thoroughly.

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2014

        Greening NEAR - Greening Northern European Road Corridors

        This project will carry out feasibility studies on consumer preferences and user acceptance of electric vehicles and the related charging infrastructure, as well as the supporting consumer services. It will also make a pilot deployment of fast charging stations along highways in southern Sweden (E20, E6 and E22), Denmark (E20, E45 and E55) and northern Germany (E45 and E22). Multi-standard quick charger requirements have been established and validated, and the first 13 (thirteen) charging stations are fully operational and open to the users in Denmark (E45) and Sweden (E20). Several study activities on consumers, key selling points, network planning…

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2020

        Investments in Innovative EV charging technology

        The government will invest CAD 1 million in SWITCH to overcome barriers to electric vehicles (EV) adoption. The company will demonstrate an innovative blockchain-based EV charging platform that will significantly reduce the cost of EV charging and enhance grid efficiency. SWTCH, along with project partners Opus One Solutions, Toronto Hydro, University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, IBI Group and PowerCharge, is also contributing to this project, bringing the total budget to over CAD 2.6 million.

         

        The federal funding for this project was provided through the Natural Resources Canada’s Green Infrastructure – Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Demonstration program, which aims…

        • Policy

        • Brazil

        • 2015

        Import tax for EVs (Resolution 97/2018)

        Resolution 97/2018 of CAMEX (Executive Secretariat of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce) added electric vehicles to the Brazilian List of Exceptions to the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff. Import taxes for EVs have been reduced from 35% to 0%.

        • Policy

        • Austria

        • 1992

        Standard Fuel Consumption Tax (NoVA)

        …when a vehicle is registered for the first time in Austria, in form of a percentage rate of the vehicle price. As the tax burden is progressively linked to fuel consumption and CO2-emissions of the vehicle, NoVA is an incentive to buy more efficient cars regardless of the expected mileage. NoVA has to be paid for passenger cars, station wagon, small buses, vans, recreational vehicles, motorcycles and special-purpose vehicles such as Quads (four-wheeled motorcycles). Vehicles for special purposes such as driving school vehicles, taxis, rental cars and ambulance and fire brigade vehicles, as well as electric vehicles …

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2012

        AJAC Eco Run Challenge

        The federal government also operates several outreach and education programmes related to electric
        vehicles.31 For example, since 2012 NRCan has participated in the AJAC Eco Run Challenge, which
        demonstrates a broad spectrum of fuel-efficient vehicle choices, including HEVs, PEVs and cars using
        advanced conventional technologies.32 During the annual International Auto Show in Toronto, Ontario, it
        provides information to visitors and answers questions about fuel consumption values reporting for all
        types of vehicles. NRCan also presents the annual Most Fuel Efficient Vehicle Awards to showcase the
        most fuel-efficient vehicle in each class.3

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