The government has second thoughts about this. Car incentives 2025? Absolutely not. In fact, it has been confirmed that I Strategy 2025 There will be no ecobonus for the purchase of new cars. Those funds are now earmarked for defense. So far, the Minister of Trade and Industry has been created in Italy Looking for funds? To help companies in the automotive sector. Adolfo UrsoIn the final question time in the chamber, explained what he was looking for. 750 million euros Companies should be allocated. They are therefore not incentives for the purchase of new cars, but will support productive investment.
Funds for cars, but not for producers and citizens: goodbye to ecobonuses
The curtain finally falls on the incentives for buying new cars. Ecobonuses will not be renewed, as with support from manufacturing companies. This has been confirmed by the Minister of Trade and Industry of Italy. Adolfo UrsoStating that the government is working on a plan to increase it. Automotive Fund and reach a figure that is at least equal to or even higher than the resources of the old fund, i.e. 750 million euros.
Then the news that confirms what was already suspected in recent months:
They are resources They will not be used for concessions.But they will go to companies to support their productive investment.
This decision is the same as that already stated in late September by Urso, who explained to the European Commission the need for massive investments of public and private resources, equivalent to those of the Americans, in order to accelerate the companies’ technologies and production. can go Automotive sector. However, in this case, there was also talk of supporting the purchase of electric cars, which are still too expensive for many Italian families. At the moment it seems that Italy no longer wants to focus on purchases, but only on investments.
In any case, the investment amount remains low: 750 million euros is much less than previously expected. As reported by Urso, the investment RsMandatory from 2027 to 2036a period in which a 24 billion euro fund will be established by law to invest in infrastructure and the automotive sector.
Are bonuses left and what to say goodbye to in 2025?
So the Maloney government’s position can be summed up with a simple sentence: The bonus is waived Purchases of electric and hybrid cars and scrapping are linked to bonuses, but benefits remain for the automotive sector.
In particular, state funds for bonuses will no longer be allocated to purchases, but will be transferred to industrial production and transformation. The decision appears to be a direct result of the crisis at Volkswagen and Stellenbosch, which has seen a sharp drop in car production in recent months. One of the last statements of Carlos Tavares In terms of production, this was strictly related to the increase in production cost of electric cars (+40%), which was difficult to handle due to poor response from consumers to buy them.
In broad terms the plan seems to be: Invest in the automotive sector. So that the final costs for consumers are lower and hybrid and electric cars become more accessible. If things don’t change, with sales of petrol and diesel cars stalling, the market may not be ready for strong demand. The situation is complex and job instability is also looming, as in the case of Stellenbosch’s Italian plants or Volkswagen’s announcement of factory closures in Germany.
