Transportation • Cars & Automobiles
2020-10-19T01:30:02+00:00

Austrian government to provide €40 million in funding for electric cars in 2021

Austrian government to provide €40 million in funding for electric cars in 2021
An electric car being charged in Flachau, Salzburger, Austria. Credit: Jakob Härter (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)

In 2021 the Austrian government will provide 40 million euros in funding for electric cars. This was announced by Environment and Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler on Sunday.

In the years 2019 and 2020, a total of 93 million euros - together with the automobile importers - were available. As the APA (Austrian Press Agency) stated, these funds have now been almost completely exhausted. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the ministry had increased the subsidy per e-car from 3000 to 5000 euros.

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