– I hadn’t caught on to the fees coming in 2023 until today. That’s what Yiteng Zhang, who is a new electric car owner, says. He recently picked up his new electric car from Kverneland Bil in Forus. He had to fork out about 550,000 for the car. – The same car will cost NOK 670,000 in 2023, says car salesman Ole Bjørn Tjelta. One of the reasons for the price increase is that taxes for electric cars increase on 1 January. After the new taxes, the same car will rise in price by NOK 45,000, says sales manager Torbjørn Lauvland Vatle. The car has also had campaign prices. In other words, Yiteng Zhang “saved” NOK 120,000 by buying the car in 2022. – The news that I got to take over the car just before the new taxes come into force was a very good surprise. I take it as an early Christmas present, he says. news has looked at the price increase for the most popular electric cars. See table further down in the case. Yiteng Zhang talks to car salesman Ask Flesjå, who describes busy days at work in December: – It’s busy with deliveries. It is important to get them delivered now. Photo: Elise Pedersen / news Removes VAT exemption and introduces weight tax In 2023, the government will, among other things, remove the VAT exemption for electric cars that cost more than NOK 500,000. The government is also introducing a new weight tax for electric cars. It must be calculated at NOK 12.5 per kilogram of the car’s net weight over 500 kilograms. This applies to all new cars. As a result, several new car buyers lose some of the benefits that came with purchasing a new electric car. According to Bilnytt’s calculator, the most popular electric cars will cost that much more in 2023: The table above shows the estimated new prices for the most sold electric cars. Note that several models have different variations. news has used the standard editions. Electric cars that cost less than 500,000 still receive full VAT exemption, initially until 2024. The new weight tax comes in addition to the existing weight tax, which is currently imposed on all new car types except electric cars. Removal of VAT exemption and new weight tax for electric cars in 2023 The Storting has decided that the proportion of zero-emission vehicles in new car sales should be 100 per cent by 2025. In the state budget for 2023, the government will, among other things: Introduce VAT on purchase amounts over NOK 500,000 for electric cars Introduce a new weight component that will apply for all passenger cars Introduce strictures in the one-off tax for hybrid and fossil-fuel cars, in order to achieve the goal that all new passenger cars must be zero-emission cars by 2025. Cars that cost less than 500,000 will be fully exempt from VAT, initially until 2024. The new weight tax must be calculated using NOK 12.5 per kilogram of the car’s net weight over 500 kilograms for all new cars. The new weight tax is in addition to the existing weight tax, which is currently imposed on all new car types except electric cars. Siri Vassvik picked up her new car from Ålgårds Auto on Wednesday. She had her father Tore Vassvik with her. He has followed the news about the new fees: – Siri saves NOK 20,000, so it’s a decent saving. Photo: Erik Waage / news Customers cancel Torbjørn Lauvland Vatle is sales manager for Volvo at Kverneland bil. He is not necessarily positive about the new fees that will be introduced at the turn of the year. – Electric cars must be invested in. The fact that they are now subject to tax means that customers may not buy the electric cars they really want to buy, he says. Torbjørn Lauvland Vatle, sales manager for Kverneland car. Photo: Elise Pedersen / news Lauvland Vatle says that they have experienced that customers have canceled their orders as a result of not receiving the cars in time before the new fees come into effect. Nevertheless, he can talk about busy days for the electric car industry. So can Christer Ellingsen, sales manager for BMW at Bavaria in Stavanger. – The rest of the year will be very busy for us. Many cars have arrived in Norway, and many will be delivered to customers before the New Year. We will have a really hectic end to 2022. Christer Ellingsen, sales manager for BMW at Bavaria in Stavanger. He notices that many customers are excited: – There are a number of inquiries where customers wonder what the situation is here and now. We get these every single day. Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news This year, approximately 80 percent of all first-time registered passenger cars were zero-emission cars. The sales managers and car salesmen news has been in contact with all believe in a further development in electric car sales. – The electric car is here to stay. I imagine that we will have a quiet start to the new year, but that we will eventually return to normal in 2023, says sales manager for Nissan and Kia at Ålgårds Auto, Joar Langeland. Last year they delivered approximately 20 cars in December. This year they will have delivered between 55 and 60. Joar Langeland says they do not take time off during Christmas. Never before has Ålgård Auto delivered as many electric cars in a month as in December 2022. Photo: Erik Waage / news – Came like lightning from the sky Senior communications advisor at Naf, Nils Sødal, says the removal of the VAT exemption was expected. – It was announced in early summer. But the fact that a weight tax was to be introduced for electric cars came like lightning out of the blue, he says. Also, communications manager at the Electric Vehicle Association, Unni Berge, points out that the VAT on electric cars was expected, but that several people were surprised by the new weight tax for electric cars. – All new electric cars will be at least NOK 15-20,000 more expensive. We have received a lot of negative feedback from consumers. Many perceive it as a breach of promises and predictability, says Berge and adds: – The electric car initiative is Norway’s most successful climate initiative. Then it is unfortunate to come up with such unexpected and unannounced price increases. Nils Sødal, senior communications advisor at Naf. Photo: NAF Travelt for the dealers Nils Sødal in NAF says more people now want to get hold of new electric cars before the prices increase from the turn of the year. Car dealers throughout the country are busy in the last month of the year. – I can promise you that they are busy, yes. There is almost a queue in the Drammensfjord to get enough of these cars into the country, and to register them. Berge in the Electric Vehicle Association also points to a high delivery rate of cars. Unni Berge, communications manager at the Electric Vehicle Association. Photo: Oddmund Reisæter Haugen – We notice it quite clearly, and we know that many dealers throughout the country are working hard to get cars out before these taxes come into effect. There are probably many who secure delivery now in the last weeks before the New Year, she says. Customers despair Berge also says that several despairing customers are contacting the Electric Vehicle Association as a result of the weight tax. – The cars they have ordered have unexpectedly become much more expensive. Then our advice is to contact car dealers and read the contract. Many contracts have clauses that you can cancel if there are major price changes, she informs. – But regardless of the contract, we also see that car dealers often try to be flexible and try to find solutions if people have ordered a car that is too expensive. Torbjørn Lauvland Vatle says that those customers who were supposed to receive a car this year, but who receive it in 2023, will have the VAT covered. Christer Ellingsen in Bavaria says the situation is challenging. – There are logical challenges that cause it to pile up in Drammen, he says. – Based on what the Tax Agency has expressed, it is registration, invoicing and insurance that apply so that customers do not have to pay the new fees. Drammen harbor is Norway’s largest car port. Here, the ships are almost queuing up to deliver new electric cars before the new taxes come into effect in the new year. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten
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