France is raising the car tax for petrol and diesel cars and at the same time lowering the CO2 limit for when the tax comes into effect.
From the turn of the year, it will be significantly more expensive for French car buyers to acquire a car with a combustion engine that emits more than a certain amount of CO2. The change means that more cars will be subject to an increased tax, called "malus", and that the size of the tax will increase.
The local media write that.
Cars that emit more than 193 grams of CO2 per kilometer will be subject to a tax of 500,000 Danish kroner. This tax particularly affects the thirstiest petrol and diesel cars. One of the horror examples is the new Land Rover Defender.
Smaller cars with lower CO2 emissions will also be affected by the tax increases. Cars that emit more than 167 grams of CO2 per kilometer will in future have to pay DKK 74,000 in tax.
It has already been decided that the highest tax level will increase further in 2027 and reach 675,000 Danish kroner. However, there are exceptions for certain groups, including families with three or more children. Just as people with disabilities also do not have to pay the extremely high tax.
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The revenue from the "malus" tax is used to fund France's state electric car bonus. However, part of this bonus scheme had to be temporarily suspended as it proved to be more popular than expected. Read more about it here .
The French are not the only ones spending the next few years raising car taxes quite considerably. The same is the case here at home.
Firstly, all support for electric cars will officially be phased out by 2035. But also just owning a car will become more expensive. Due to a political agreement, the so-called periodic fees have been increasing ever since December 2020. The increases will only stop in 2026 and affect all choirs. Even vintage cars don't go free.
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