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Apply for subsidies for electrically powered vehicles (environmental bonus)

Description

The sale of new electrically powered vehicles is promoted with an environmental bonus.

An environmental bonus of EUR 4,000 will be granted to you for the purchase

  • a purely electrically powered vehicle,
  • a fuel cell vehicle, or
  • another vehicle that does not produce local CO2 emissions while driving

An environmental bonus of EUR 3,000 will be granted to you for the purchase

  • an externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicle (plug-in hybrid),
  • a vehicle that emits less than 50 g of CO2 emissions per km.

The environmental bonus is intended to promote the acceptance of electric mobility. Half of it is provided by the federal government and half by industry. This performance information only deals with the federal government's share of the environmental bonus.

The following are eligible to apply for the environmental bonus:

  • Individuals
  • Enterprise
  • Foundations
  • Bodies
  • Clubs

The following are not eligible to apply:

  • the Federal Government and the Länder as well as their institutions and municipalities,
  • car manufacturers participating in the financing of the environmental bonus, and
  • their subsidiaries, and
  • any other subsidiary of the parent company of the car manufacturer over which that parent company may exercise, directly or indirectly, dominant influence;
  • applicants whose assets have been the subject of insolvency proceedings or the opening of insolvency proceedings;
  • The same applies to applicants and, if the applicant is a legal person, to the proprietor of the legal person who have submitted or are obliged to provide asset information in accordance with Section 802c of the Code of Civil Procedure or Section 284 of the Tax Code.

Requirements for funding:

  • The vehicle model must be on the list of eligible vehicles.
  • It must be a new vehicle that is registered for the first time.
  • The acquisition (purchase or leasing) as well as the initial registration must have taken place from 18 May 2016.
  • The vehicle must be registered to the applicant in Germany and remain registered for at least six months.
  • If you apply for the federal share of the environmental bonus, the car industry's share of the environmental bonus must have already been paid. This is determined by BAFA by comparing your acquisition costs with the net list prices of the respective basic models available to the Office.

Further requirements can be found in the funding guidelines.

The funding will be provided until the federal funds earmarked for this purpose in the amount of EUR 600 million have been paid out in full and will end on 30 June 2019 at the latest.

Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA)
Unit 422
Frankfurter Str. 29–35
65760 Eschborn

Phone: 06196 908-1009

The federal government's share of the environmental bonus is funded in a two-stage process.

Stage 1 (application)

  • Please submit the application electronically using the online form given above on the portal of the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control.
  • When applying, you must upload the purchase or leasing contract or the binding order of the vehicle to the online portal.
  • After reviewing the application, you will receive a notification of funding.

Stage 2 (proof of use)

  • You must then electronically prove that the vehicle has been used in accordance with the requirements of the funding guideline.
  • To do this, you must upload the invoice and proof of registration of the vehicle (registration certificate Parts I and II) to the online portal of the Federal Office.
  • The new vehicle must be registered no later than nine months after receipt of the grant notice.
  • A maximum of 10 months may elapse between the receipt of the grant notice and the receipt of the proof of use by BAFA.
  • After a positive check by the Federal Office, the federal share of the environmental bonus will be paid out to the account specified by you.

All further details on the procedure can be found in the funding guidelines.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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