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Eco car subsidy

Definition of eco car• Alternative fueled vehicles, energy

consumption less than– 9.2 l petrol/100km– 9.7 m3 CNG/100km– 37 kWh electric energy/100km

• Conventional fueled veh. (petrol, diesel) CO2 emissions less than

– 120 g/km– And if diesel also fulfill <5 mg/km

PM

• Subsidy– 10 000 Skr (1 100 €), new

registration, only private persons.

• Not the only definition of EFV in Sweden, other used for– Congestion charges

– Taxation of company cars

Read more on: http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____21943.aspx

Working paper No. EFV-01-07(GRPE Informal Group on EFV,1st Meeting, 6 June 2008)

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Effects of the Eco car subsidy

• Large increase in ”eco cars” mainly Flexfuel

• Large increase in use of E85 (”pump-law” also important)

• Since the increase were larger than expected the budget for the subsidary had to be increased.

Eco car share of new registration

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

2006 2007 2008 (-May)

FFV (E85) Bifuel/Monofuel (CNG/CBG) 120 g petrol 120 g diesel

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Biofuels in road transport in Sweden 2007

Biofuels4,5%

Diesel40,9%

Ethanol to E850,7%

Ethanol to busses0,2%

Biogas0,4% RME

1,3%

Ethanol blending 5% in petrol

1,9%

CNG0,3%

Petrol54,3%

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Important issues in an EFV definition• Low emissions of air pollutions• Low emissions of climate gases• High energy efficiency• Low noise levels

• This can be included in concepts like– Environmental ranking– Green Vehicle Certification

• Can be difficult to have same global levels but principles could be same.