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I play a nice person on twitter.
Imagine my surprise when looking out my office window to spot a Roadster (CA plate "LEKTREK") parked outside. (sorry for the poor quality) Anyone know who this belongs to?
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NigelM
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bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
If I hadn't been in a meeting, I would have gotten the VIN. By the time it ended, the Roadster had silently driven off into the day.
Vger
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NigelM
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Adm
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The Netherlands has some very interesting tax advantages for EV's and Amsterdam added some extra: €15k (about $18k) subsidy on the buying price (half of the extra cost of an EV with a maximum of €15k), free parking and free charging. Amsterdam has taken all these advantages away now and is focusing on electric taxi´s.
Adm
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Nope, it belongs to a company called The New Motion. They help people get EV's, get government stimulus. They are working on a CHAdeMO network in the Netherlands, but also cooperate with Opel to promote their own 230V/16A charger in the Netherlands.
From all the Dutch Roadsters with corporate graphics on the sides, I gather the incentives for corporations to buy (or lease?) them is more attractive than other places.
It seems in Holland and Germany the ratio of corporate owned (compared to private owned) is high.
It seems in Holland and Germany the ratio of corporate owned (compared to private owned) is high.
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the tax structure in many European countries made the personal income tax rate very high for a monetary increase but no tax for a company car, so many companies purchase expensive cars for their employees to use rather than raise their pay (which would mostly get taxed away).
NigelM
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Generalizing about EU tax rates is difficult....but, in general(!) the private mileage incurred in a company car is taxed as a benefit in kind. Some countries have beneficial rates for EV's. The reason that company cars become quite common in some countries is partly tradition (it has always been a part of the remuneration package) and partly because it enables the employee to have a better car than they would probably otherwise have been able or willing to afford. (I once had a McLaren SLR as a company car, but I would never have purchased it for myself). BTW, some countries also require minimum amounts of business travel using the car.
You gathered correct. :smile: Corporately bought, a Roadster comes down to 40-50k or something. It saves a buyer:
- 19% VAT
- 35-50% (income) tax
- €15-20k environmental subsidies
- in the early years the city of Amsterdam had an additional €15k tax incentive
Also, when you (your company) normally buys a corporate car and you drive it for private purposes you are taxed 14-25% of the sticker price of the car, giving a net cost of around 5-12% of the sticker price (yearly!). Not so for EVs.
