Cars, bicycles and scooters: the jungle of bonuses. Incentives and resources are not enough for everyone



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From two to four wheels, government bonds to improve mobility, in the name of the green vault, and boost consumption in the Coronavirus season (particularly those in the auto market that is experiencing a real collapse) risk coming out. dry mouth thousands of Italians. Or at least to force them to participate in a ‘click day’ race so as not to be excluded from the incentives, once the funds are exhausted. Funds that, on the other hand, were largely unused for the vacation bonus within a policy of “rain bonds” that, warns the president of Codacons Carlo …

From two to four wheels, I government bonus to improve, in the name of the green vault, the mobility and boost consumption in the season Coronavirus (particularly those in the automobile market that is experiencing a real collapse) run the risk of leaving thousands of Italians speechless. Or at least to force them to a ‘click day’ trip so as not to be excluded, once the funds are exhausted, from the incentives. Funds that, on the other hand, were largely unused for the vacation bonus within a policy of “rain bonds” that, the president of the Codacons Carlo Rienzi, faced with the fall in GDP, “are only a palliative and do not produce the desired effect.”

The 50 million incentive – available as of August 1 – for the purchase of new cars, diesel and less polluting gasoline (with CO2 emissions between 91 and 110 grams per kilometer) was completed in less than a week, with the decree August the government has doubled the dowry to 100 million to encourage the replacement of the fleet by traditional engines while 300 are destined to discount the purchase of electric cars and / or hybrids with a bonus that reaches, in this case, up to 10,000 euros in scrapping and 6 thousand without. The risk, however, is that doubling the funding for the best-selling gasoline and diesel cars, which allow an incentive of € 1,750 to € 3,500 with or without scrapping, plus the mandatory minimum seller discount, will leave many disgruntled.

While we are not talking about click days, today will be a field day for new car voucher. Because it is from September 1 when you can book the incentive in ministry platform (www.ecobonus.mise.gov.it) but taking into account the contracts already stipulated as of August 15 (date of entry into force of the decree) and those that remain in the queue due to the exhaustion of the first 50 million, the risk is that you will soon find the end of resources. And concessionaires will not be able to make contracts on the platform, only hoping that between now and December 31 the government will find more funds. “Promoting change in mobility is a sign that goes in the right direction – warns Rosario Trefiletti, president of Italy Consumer Center – but decisions like this require important options and adequate funds. “

What is likely to happen to the bike voucher, the incentive (up to 60% of the expenditure made for a maximum of 500 euros) provided for by the relaunch decree. The bonus applies to purchases made from May 4 until the end of the year, but the application that was supposed to generate the vouchers has not yet been activated and may return to the website of the Ministry of the Environment. Thus, the uncertainty remains about how to reimburse the bicycles and scooters already acquired and above all, against a fund of only 220 million for those who buy them between now and December. Not to mention the discontent created by the limit of 50 thousand inhabitants that has effectively excluded travelers, students and workers, who have their residence in the municipalities in the interior of the big cities.

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