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This summer, the government relaxed the requirements for weather allowances for vehicles. The emission limit was raised to receive a bonus: from 60 to 70 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer.
The announcement came after the EU introduced new ways to measure emissions, putting some hybrid cars at risk of abandoning the bonus-malus system. But with a higher emission limit, they could be covered by the bonus.
Volvo benefited
According to a review by SVT Nyheter, Volvo’s heavy SUVs have mainly benefited from this. SVT writes that around 1,000 of the 48,000 bonus cars sold this year received a bonus thanks to the increased limit, of which 90 percent are Volvo cars. Most kind of off-roader.
And in August, Volvo’s XC 60 plug-in hybrid became the best-selling climate bonus car for the first time.
Now the government is changing and lowering the emission limit from 70 to 60 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer. This was stated by Parliament spokespersons Isabella Lövin and Per Bolund at a press conference on Monday.
The proposal is part of an investment of SEK 5.4 billion to “reduce the climate impact of the transport sector” and is based on an agreement with the Center Party and the Liberals.
The government wants to limit cost increases
The reduction is justified by the fact that they want to “increase the incentives to choose plug-in hybrids with low carbon dioxide emissions and limit the increase in the cost of climate bonuses.”
In addition to reducing the issuance limit for bonuses, the government also wants to increase the maximum amount of the bonus, from SEK 60,000 to SEK 70,000.
Other investments in transport include an additional SEK 2 billion for regional public transport authorities, continued support for biogas production and better cycling infrastructure.
