“Tax exemption for electronic vehicles should continue!”

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The new car business is finally recovering after the Corona and chip crisis, which means new challenges threaten car importers. At its annual media conference in Bern today, the Auto Schweiz importers association emphasizes that the targeted growth in electric passenger cars (50 percent by the end of 2025) and commercial vehicles (almost 25 percent by the end of 2025) is not certain. fire success.

Auto Switzerland Vice President and Ford General Manager Donato Bochicchio fell to 9th place in a comparison of European market shares for Switzerland’s so-called rechargeable vehicles (pure electric cars and plug-in hybrid cars) in 2022. “Just like companies with vehicle fleets, private individuals also need to be persuaded to trust electromobility in the future,” Bochiccio continues.

Switzerland without purchase premiums

Marcel Guerry, second Vice President of Auto Switzerland and Managing Director of Emil Frey, explains that this still requires framework conditions and incentives to buy. Unlike many neighboring countries, Switzerland has virtually no nationwide support measures such as purchase bonuses. “And now the Federal Council wants to lift the auto tax exemption for electric vehicles from 2024,” Guerry roared. He threatens: “The government is blocking the self-imposed expansion of electromobility because it will increase purchase prices.”

That’s why Auto Schweiz demands that the Federal Council continue the car tax exemption for electric vehicles beyond 2023. Auto-Swiss board members Marcel Guerry and Donato Bochicchio add: “Policy should also deal with a reliable power supply, attractive energy prices and rapid expansion of charging infrastructure.” According to him, this is the only way to truly achieve Swiss auto importers’ ambitious market targets for electromobility in the coming years.

Source: Blick