The government, led by Minister of Taxation Morten Bødskov (S), confirms that it aims to have 500,000 electric cars on Danish roads by 2030.
And that the government’s road transport proposal also includes kilometer-based tolls on heavy transport, ie for example trucks, and increased requirements for the blending of biofuels in petrol and diesel cars’ fuel tanks.
According to the government, the various initiatives will mean, among other things, that there will be over one million green cars in 2035.
– The government’s position is that the transport sector must be greener. It must therefore end with the car taxes being negotiated from year to year.
– Car owners and the industry are entitled to stable and safe conditions, which they can rely on for many years to come. Therefore, the government proposes that a simpler toll system be introduced, which in addition to ensuring more green cars on the roads also ensures safety for car owners and the car industry for the next many years, says Bødskov in a press release.
As early as Thursday morning, elements of the scheme began to be released in the press. And shortly after, there was criticism from the support parties SF, the Radicals and the Unity List. The trio believes that the scheme is not ambitious enough.
The Climate Council has recommended a target of one million electric cars by 2030. The government’s own commission in the area has said 750,000.
A majority in the Folketing agrees on a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent by 2030 compared to the level in 1990. In this connection, road transport is an important area.
In relation to that goal, agreements have already been made for the waste, energy and industrial areas.
Later in the year, the government will present proposals in the field of agriculture as well as a green tax reform. All agreements must contribute to the green transition. This is what Minister of Climate Dan Jørgensen (S) reminds us of.
– The question is therefore not whether we should reach the 70 percent – because we should. The question is how we come to terms with our ambition of a reduction of 70 percent of CO2 emissions in a wise and fair way, says Dan Jørgensen.
From the large opposition party Venstre, the ambition has been one million electric cars. However, the Liberal Party has opened up for a lower ambition. This is based on the Commission’s calculations.
According to the commission, it will be an expensive affair for society and car owners to buy one million electric cars by 2030.
According to the commission, that ambition will cost owners of petrol and diesel cars an average of DKK 5,900 per year per car and society DKK 5.7 billion.
According to the Climate Council, the price of replacing petrol and diesel cars with green cars is greatly overestimated. Niels Buus Kristensen, member of the Climate Council and head of research at the Transport Economics Institute in Oslo, stated this to Information earlier this month.
The first negotiations will start on Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Ministry of Taxation.
The government will reduce CO2 emissions from road transport by DKK 1 million. tonnes in 2030. It is not about the number of green cars – but the amount of CO2 reduction. Hence new green tax on trucks, greener fuels and more green cars.
Read more here: https://t.co/To9m95N6e2 #dkpol pic.twitter.com/IOT615X5sM– Benny Engelbrecht (@BennyEngelbrech) September 24, 2020
Good enough tame proposal from the government. Means more, not fewer, fossil cars in 2030, because more cars are coming all the time. If we are to have just a hypothetical chance of achieving 70% CO2 reduction, we must and must have greater ambitions. #dkpol #dkgreen https://t.co/zbKFPcq8gE
– Martin Lidegaard (@martinlidegaard) September 24, 2020
Source: The Nordic Page