(Finance) – Also in June the registrations Of electric cars in Italy they are growing but the pace remains very weak compared to the other large European countries. In fact, they were registered last month 6,156 fully electric cars (+3% compared to the same month of 2022), with the first half closing with an increase of 31.9% to 32,684 units. Even in terms of market share, the slowness of growth remains evident. In fact, in the first 6 months of the year it went from 3.6% to 3.9%.
“Faced with these numbers, it is essential to start a serious and shared reflection on the modification of the current incentive tools, which evidently are not able to support the electric car market as is the case in other competitor countries of Italy”, declared the general secretary by Motus-E, Francis Nose. A position somewhat shared also by Albert Cuefounder and CEO of Silla Industries, a Padua start-up specialized in the development and production of solutions for recharging battery-powered vehicles according to which “in Italy electric mobility is still growing in a manner linked to incentives” while “in other countries there they are incentives that are more measured,” he added.
In Germany the electric fleet in circulation exceeded 1 million vehicles, with a market share for BEVs exceeding 15%, but similar situations can also be found in France And Kingdom United. In Italy, on the other hand, a certain climate of distrust of the electric car remains consumers – higher prices than similar models with traditional engines, concerns related to the autonomy of vehicles or the shortage of recharging points – but also from the world of automotive companies which denounce the risks of converting the production system to rechargeable cars, above all in terms of jobs and production levels.
“Let’s try to go back a few years, for example in 2018. How was theautomotive industry in Italy in terms of job generation until 2018? I believe that the crisis of our automotive industry comes from well before the electric one – Stecca pointed out, however -. What we can generate when we try to embrace a change so epochal it is certainly much more attractive than what we can do trying to defend what is consolidated because it is not defensible and will get worse and worse”.
“If there was a good dialogue among all the actors, from the institutional to the corporate and industrial level, with a little bit of synergy, in 12 years nothing but renewing the supply chain, we could truly position ourselves in an optimal way on the world scene – he added -. People are trained, companies can invest in retraining staff as Volkswagen has done in Germany on a massive scale but as everyone has done in other contexts as well. The potential is there.”