28 mrt 2024 om 11:40 Update: 29 min. geleden
In just two days, 46.5 million euros in subsidies have already been requested for the purchase of electric trucks. If the applications for more than six hundred trucks are granted, the subsidy pot will immediately be empty.
The AanZet subsidy desk was opened on Tuesday. This immediately led to 428 applications on the first day and to a further 219 applications on the second day.
Each company can submit one application per day. The subsidy is based on a percentage of the purchase price of a truck. How high that percentage is depends on the type of truck and the size of the company.
A grant of 46.5 million euros has been requested, which is already more than the total subsidy budget of 45 million euros. But applications may be rejected or applications may be withdrawn.
Today, on the third day, applications can still be submitted. If applications from the first days are rejected or withdrawn, a draw will be held between Thursday’s applications.
The government wants all trucks to be emission-free by 2040
There are now just over 740 fully electric trucks driving around in the Netherlands. The government’s aim is to have at least 1,000 emission-free trucks on the road by 2025 and another 16,000 five years later. By 2040, all new trucks should be emission-free. There are a total of more than 160,000 trucks in the Netherlands.
The Senate must still consider the budget for this subsidy in April. If approval is not received, application allocations may still be withdrawn.
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