New calculations by Dansk Industri show that the state adds billions by letting electric cars get away with very little or no registration tax.
It can hardly backfire on anyone. But now crisp figures from Danish Industry show that Denmark is losing billions on subsidizing electric cars.
It is nothing more than a gigantic loss-making business for the state to support electric cars. Towards 2045, Denmark will also have lost DKK 20 billion in taxes that do not come in from the electric cars.
– All in all, approx. 14 taxes either directly or indirectly experience a loss of revenue as the green transition is carried out, and the tax base for the green taxes is eroded or disappears completely, it says.
But even though Denmark and thus the state spend billions on supporting electric cars, Danish Industry in particular fears that motorists will lose interest in electric cars anyway.
And it can happen in just a little while. DI director Thomas Sorensen made that clear already last year.
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– In the industry, we are concerned about whether we can maintain the high sales of electric cars in the coming years. The registration fee is set to increase on the vast majority of electric cars in 2026, says the director.
And he is not the only CEO who fears that Danes will turn their backs on electric cars.
The director of De Danske Bilimportorer, which now calls itself Mobility Denmark, Mads Rorvig, shares the concern.
In fact, Rorvig means the fear to such an extent that he said in 2023 that it is no longer enough to give those who buy a new electric car special treatment in the form of lower taxes.
In order to get the rest of the motorists along, it is necessary to find the whip. In other words, the Danes must adjust and only buy electric cars. Read more about it here .
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