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• The application period for this aid is extended until December 31, 2024
The Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, through the Catalan Energy Institute aimed at subsidizing the acquisition of electric vehicles and the installation of charging points for electric vehicles. This increase raises the total budget of the program - endowed with European Next Generation funds - to 299 million euros, and will allow to cover all the requests received (which already exceeded the amount available before the extension) and also receive new ones. The deadline for submitting aid requests is also extended, and will end on December 31, 2024 (ICAEN), has extended the line of aid for electric mobility MOVES III by 65 million euros.
This is the fourth expansion of the MOVES III program in Catalonia, which began with an initial allocation of 65 million euros, and reaffirms the commitment of Catalan society to cleaner and more sustainable mobility. So far, the ICAEN has received more than 47,800 requests, 30,500 for vehicle renewal and 17,300 for the installation of charging points, with a total amount of 219 million euros.
The extension does not change the requirements for applying for aid. Individuals, self-employed persons, communities of owners or administrations without economic activity who have purchased a vehicle included in the program or who have installed a charging point can do so, as well as legal entities and other administrations. From the granting of the aid there will be a maximum period of 12 months to execute and justify the action.
The grants for the acquisition of alternative energy vehicles (electric or fuel cell) for individuals and self-employed persons range from 1,100 euros (in the case of motorcycles) to 9,000 euros (in the case of of vans with the scrapping of another vehicle). The grant for the purchase of a tourist car with more than 90 kilometers of autonomy is 4,500 euros, and rises to 7,000 if you also certify the scrapping of the old vehicle.
The item intended to subsidize the installation of charging points will finance public and private charging points located in residential areas, parking areas, public roads or road networks. The grants will cover from 30% to 80% of the eligible expenditure depending on the beneficiary, with a maximum of 800,000 euros per file and 5,000 euros for natural persons. The grants cover everything from the cost of the charging point to the work and equipment associated with its installation, such as civil works or management, control and security systems, among others. For the first time, communities of neighbors can access it, so that charging points can be enabled in private community car parks.
The aim of this line of aid is to advance the decarbonisation of the transport sector, and it aligns with the transition process towards a new, cleaner, democratic and sustainable energy model that the country is experiencing and with the situation of climate emergency declared by the Government of Catalonia.
Source: Icaen
