Goodbye car incentives. “Incomprehensible absence in the Sostegni-bis decree”

ROME – “In the new Sostegni-bis Decree, the refinancing of incentives for the replacement of old and polluting vehicles with latest generation vehicles, an investment measure on the sector and on the renewal of the fleet, which would have paid off quickly, even generating additional for the state coffers, as demonstrated by what has already happened in recent months “. This was underlined by Anfia, Federauto and Unrae “after the unexpected lack of interventions in the Pnrr to support the demand of the auto sector on ultra-low emission technologies, an oversight is added that goes against the strategy of accelerating the ecological transition requested by the European Union “.

“The absence of incentives, by interrupting the support for the purchases of the currently best-selling cars – underline Anfia, Unrae and Federauto – risks slowing down the virtuous path undertaken. In a moment of great difficulty for Italians, in fact, the incentives were taking place. function of stimulating more sustainable purchases in environmental terms while contributing, at the same time, to contain the heavy losses generated by the Covid-19 effect on the car market. In discussions with all the competent Ministries, we have clearly demonstrated the positive effects of the incentives for scrapping in terms of support for the market heavily penalized by the crisis and, above all, freeing road traffic from obsolete cars, saving the environment tens of thousands of tons of CO2 “.

Anfia, Federauto and Unrae reiterate “the need to refinance the eco-bonus for cars, including the 61-135 g / km range, and for commercial vehicles, measures that have so far allowed, as well as a strong reduction in environmental impact, also to restart a sector that employs over one million people. The market forecasts for the month of May are alarming (-30% compared to 2019), we ask the Government and Parliament, which, in the conversion phase of the bis, the measures in force can be extended and substantially refinanced “.