Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund (S) has openly stated that he will work to keep the tax on electric cars low. Danes should prefer electric cars, he says.
Even though 83 percent of the Danish car fleet still runs on gasoline or diesel, there is no way around electric cars.
At least not according to Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund (S).
The minister says in a new press release that Danes should prefer electric cars, now that there are over 300,000 of them on the roads.
– We have come a long way, but there is still a long way to go, because we have reached the goal of the green transition of road transport.
– This year, I will focus on ensuring that the electric car remains the preferred choice for Danes when they need a new car. This is how we ensure that we are leading the way towards a greener future, says Rasmus Stoklund.
The minister has already rejected making electric cars more expensive for Danes. An environmental and economic expert believes that it is now that Danes should pay much more for electric cars. Read more about it here .
It was back in December 2020 that the then government gathered a majority at Christiansborg, completely overhauling car taxes.
Since then, electric cars have accounted for 64 percent of new car sales. At least that's what it looked like in January. But according to Rasmus Stoklund, even more can be done to ensure that drivers only choose an electric car next time.
– It shows both that technological developments are making electric cars more and more attractive to Danes, and that politically we have helped to ensure a good framework for the entry of electric cars into Denmark. It is politics that works.
In the press release, however, the minister will not discuss how and whether he intends to tighten the screws on drivers who do not want to spend money on a new electric car.
Stoklund also does not believe that the popularity of electric cars is artificially created. Apart from the conditions in Denmark and Norway, electric cars have difficulty competing with their counterparts that run on gasoline and diesel.
The latest figures from the car manufacturers' interest group, ACEA, show that just 1.8 percent of the total car fleet in Europe runs on electricity. And if you add hybrid cars to that calculation, the car type's share of the market is no higher than 3.9 percent.
In countries such as Germany and Sweden, where tax subsidies for electric cars have been removed, the market shares of battery cars have also shrunk significantly.
Back in January, figures from the German response to the Danish Road Safety Agency (KBA, ed.) showed that sales of electric cars had collapsed after a year without government support.
Specifically, car brands lost a total of 25 percent of their sales of electric cars in Europe's largest car market.
While sales of electric cars declined, plug-in hybrid cars fared significantly better, increasing by 12.5 percent over the same period.
