Electric cars, new incentives from September: from requirements to documents, here's how to activate the purchase discount

Micro-businesses will be able to activate the discount to purchase a maximum of two new commercial vehicles of category N1 (i.e. for the transport of goods with a maximum volume of no more than 3.5 tonnes) or N2 (between 3.5 and 12 tonnes), also in this case with exclusively electric power. The incentives may not be combined with other support for the purchase of the same vehicles.

As mentioned, the benefits will be disbursed through Sogei's platform to which both potential beneficiaries and sellers of participating vehicles must register.

The individual who intends to activate the bonus, because he or she meets the requirements, must enter a self-certification attesting residence in a functioning urban area, the number plate of the vehicle to be scrapped (of which he or she must have been the first owner for at least six months) and must indicate whether the bonus will be generated in his or her favour or is intended for another adult member of the same household.

The micro-enterprise will have to register a self-certification declaration stating that it is duly constituted and registered as active in the business register, that it is fully and freely exercising its rights (in essence, it must not be subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or in any similar situation), that it has fewer than 10 employees, that it has an annual turnover or balance sheet not exceeding EUR 2 million, and that it complies with the provisions in force on contribution and tax obligations. It must also indicate the total amount of de minimis aid received in the 36 months preceding registration and that it is not one of the companies excluded by the de minimis regulations, as well as the licence plate number of the vehicle to be scrapped (also in this case, the owner of the micro-enterprise must have been the holder for at least six months).

According to the decree (Article 7), sellers will be selected on the basis of the so-called 'ecoscore', the environmental score that assesses the carbon footprint of a vehicle over its entire life cycle. It will then be up to Mase, before the sellers are registered, to publish the list of incentivisable cars.

Once the beneficiaries have registered, it will be up to the seller to validate the bonus within 30 days of its generation and, if not approved, the incentive will be fully returned to the residual ceiling. The person who has not obtained the validation of the bonus by the seller before the expiry date will be able to request another one until the residual plafond available is exhausted. The validation of the bonus, in any case, may not take place beyond the date of 30 June 2026 (the expiry date of the Pnrr)..