Regional Law for reducing e-mobility costs

Regional Law (n.10/2003 and modifications, annually updated from 2017) to reduce sustainable mobility costs: total and permanent exemption of the car tax (regional annual tax for cars owners) for electric vehicles owners. This law aims to reduce PM10 and NOx emissions produced by private vehicles for passengers’ transports, following Regional Air Quality Intervention Plan. In 2017, more than 50% of regional NOx were produced by diesel vehicles, so the Region decide to update and implement this law annually. From 2020 tax reduction follows these rules: (1) 3 years exemption of tax in case of purchase, in 2020, of a car for private use, new or used, with the following characteristics: category M1 - vehicles passengers transport (n.8 seats excluding driver); displacement not exceeding 2,000 cc; belong to EURO 5 or EURO 6 emission class; bifuel (petrol / LPG or petrol / methane), hybrid (petrol / electric) or petrol power supply; (2) 50% reduction of the tax for 5 years starting from the month of registration for vehicles belonging to international categories M1 and N1 bifuel petrol/electric including vehicles with external charge or LPG/electric, registered from 01/2019; (3) permanent exemption for vehicles with exclusive hydrogen fueling or gas (LPG or Methane) and electric. Beneficiaries: physical person resident in the Lombardy Region, owners or lessees, of newly registered or used cars, purchased in 2020, belong to categories of point 1. Excluded: owners of diesel cars.