(Finance) – The electric and hybrid car market it is constantly growing, an increasingly important factor in achieving the goals that Italy has set itself in the Ecological Transition Plan (PTE), approved in March and published in the Official Gazette in June. In fact, by 2030, Italy will have to reach the two pre-set targets: 6 million vehicles in circulation and a 25% market share for full electric and plug-in hybrid cars. According to Istat, at the end of 2021, the total number of electric and hybrid cars (with all degrees of electrification) was around
1,150,000 units in the Peninsula, equal to 2.9% of the fleet in circulation. A number that has almost doubled compared to 2020, with a growth of 92.9% year on year. The full electrics did best of all, more than doubling, going from 53,000 to 118,000 units (in September 2022 there are almost 160,000). Moving on to hybrid cars, the growth in the same period is equal to 90%. In this scenario, thanks to the partnership between UniCredit and Allianz, UniCredit and UniCredit Allianz Insurance present theAllianz Lithium option which offers specific and tailor-made guarantees and services for electric or plug-in hybrid cars.
Allianz Lithium– explains a note – is a tire created following a careful study of the market and customer needs, taking into consideration the peculiarities of new eco-sustainable technologies: electric-powered cars are highly technological, they drive differently, yes they repair with new procedures and are equipped with a very expensive traction battery, which can be worth up to 50% of the cost of the car.
“The inclusion in the offer to our Customers of an innovative solution such as Allianz Lithium is a tangible result of the partnership announced by UniCredit and Allianz last January which offers valuable services and responses to the new needs associated with the energy transition process which is one of the pillars of the PNRR – he explains Annalisa Areni, Head of Client Strategies at UniCredit. –. Sustainability, and ESG criteria in general, are integrated into our business model, and as UniCredit we wish to lead by example and accompany our clients in the processes of social change and green transition”.
“The promptness with which we extended the great innovation of Allianz Lithium to the UniCredit network,” he explains Norbert Lommer, General Manager of UniCredit Allianz Assicurazioni – testifies to the effectiveness of the joint-venture model with which we respond to the protection needs of bank customers. Even those that today may improperly appear niche but instead represent the future”.