(Finance) – The Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility has announced that in May 2022 they were registered in Italy 121,299 cars compared to the 142,932 registrations registered in the same month of the previous year, equal to a decrease of 15.14%. The figure for the first five months remains heavy, with only 556,974 cars registered and a market collapse of 24.3%, equal to over 178,000
cars less than in the same period of 2021 (735,420 units).
Unrae pointed out that the opening, on May 25, of the platform for the reservation of incentives probably played in favor of the modest recovery of the market, “and, as expected, already on the first day of opening the fund of 170 million available in the 61-135 g / km of CO2 range was halved, and after 6 days there remained only 34 million “.
As for the other categories, the association that brings together foreign manufacturers underlined that of the 209 million euros destined for emission range 0-20 g / Km About 19 million have been booked, while for the range 21-60 g / Km bookings reached 10 million out of the 214 million allocated. However, registrations of electric cars (BEVs) in May still remained stagnant with a share of 3.7%, while plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) rose to 6.1%.
“The support system still contains some weaknesses that UNRAE has repeatedly indicated, starting with the request – made by the entire sector – to extend the deadline for using the incentive from 180 to 300 days from the signing of the contract”, declared the President of UNRAE Michele Believe. “Furthermore, the problem of exclusion from the benefit of legal persons (companies and rental companies) remains unsolved,” added Crisci.
The president of Anfia, Paul Squireshe also hoped “that a change in the incentive formula for light commercial vehicles, currently concerned only with reference to electric engines (and with scrapping restrictions), will also be introduced, while it would be essential not to bind the choices to a single technology purchase of urban logistics companies and also avoid limiting access to SMEs only “.