aid for diesel and petrol, scrapping up to Euro 3 – Corriere.it

If the electric incentives don’t take off, it’s better to focus on scrapping and low-emission endothermic. This seems to be the path chosen by the government in terms of the green transition for the auto sector. This was clarified by the minister of companies and made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, answering the question time in the Chamber. «For the period 2022-2026 – Urso said – we have allocated around 2 billion euros from the automotive fund for incentives for the purchase of vehicles with low CO2 emissions. The market response was heterogeneous: all the incentives made available were used on low-emission endothermics in a short time, while the incentives on pure electric did not have a good response». In 2022, according to Mimit data, resources for 127 million euros would remain unused. According to the minister, there is therefore the need to prepare “a remodulation of the incentives”. Which could also mean more space for biofuels (biodiesel, biomethane, HVO).

2023 data

«As regards 2023, the 150 million for the purchase of vehicles with internal combustion engines and average CO2 consumption between 61 and 135 g/km ended in a few weeks, while of the 425 million allocated overall only 33 million have been used to date for electric and hybrid cars, less than 8%”, added the minister who reiterated how the park to be scrapped is “the real environmental priority”. So that the Mimit intends to focus on the scrapping of euro 0, euro 1, euro 2 or euro 3 cars which should therefore be encouraged.

The market according to Promotor

The promoter study center also reveals that the incentives for electric vehicles are not taking off in the note on March registrations at +40% on 2021. Gian Primo Quagliano, president of the promoter study center writes: «The share of electric cars in March was modest, while in the other main European countries a double-digit share is now normal. And this despite the fact that they are available from 10 January 190 million for incentives for the purchase of electric cars, of which to date only 10.3% have been used». The reasons for this flop for the president, however, are linked “to the snares and snares provided for taking advantage of the incentives”.