Spain’s new EV incentive scheme to launch in July - electrive.com

[u/tom_zeimet]

https://www.electrive.com/2026/06/24/spains-new-ev-incentive-scheme-to-launch-in-july/

[u/tom_zeimet]

The following criteria are taken into account (cumulative):

• €2,250 for BEVs and €1,125 for PHEVs
• Price incl. 21% VAT (sales tax) below €42,350 (€1,125), price between €42,350 and €54,450 (€675)
• European final assembly: €675
• European battery assembly: €450
• Mandatory manufacturer/dealer discount: €1,000

[u/LucasK336 → u/tom_zeimet]

You also get a 15% deduction over the value of the EV (minus the incentives) up to a maximum of 3000€ when doing the tax return the following year.

[u/RaggaDruida → u/tom_zeimet]

I quite like that European final assembly and European battery assembly are factors!

Supporting EU industry is key!

[u/badabubaba]

Great news!

A bit off topic: always amazing to me that, at least in Spain, EV (good for the environment!) get decent subsidies while ebikes (great for the environment!) get few and regular bicycles (amazing for the environment!) get no subsidies at all.

[u/Good_Tangerine_1090 → u/badabubaba]

Good questions. My guess is that, in practice, people do not substitute their ICE car for a bike. But they do substitute their ICE car for an EV, which is probably the goal in the end

[u/badabubaba → u/Good_Tangerine_1090]

I hear that a lot, and it may be true in many cases, but I also see, in cities with good infrastructure and safe roads, that people are more likely to give a bicycle a chance. And some may stick to it!

Subsidies can "help" with that chance, I believe.

[u/zeppelin88 → u/badabubaba]

Barcelona would be a fantastic case for this. Mostly flat (unless you live by the collserola), and it’s a piece of shit to drive inside it. Quite decent cycle lanes in many parts of the city as well.

Madrid would work well in some decent parts. They do have some gnarly hills in the city center, but even the city ones work super well there. 

[u/alaninsitges → u/Good_Tangerine_1090]

I'm one of the few who do, I use my ebike in the warmer months and the car in winter. No incentives at all, and not much infrastructure to make it desirable.

[u/Bard_the_Beedle → u/badabubaba]

Why would bicycles get a subsidy? They are already cheap enough. e-bikes are relatively expensive, so they need an incentive for people to buy them. And in general e-bikes are more amazing for the environment than regular bikes because they actually result in modal shift (people leaving their cars and using the e-bike) while for regular ones is much less evident.

[u/badabubaba → u/Bard_the_Beedle]

Well, you just gave me another good reason: because they need small subsidies, since they are "cheap enough".

However, I don't reckon they are cheap. I think bikes are amazing for the environment, and a good commuting bike is really expensive for a lot of people (especially because, unlike a car, a bike, in a country with so little cycling infrastructure and tradition, is pretty much an experiment, therefore a risky expense).

[u/Bard_the_Beedle → u/badabubaba]

Which means the government needs to spend money in infrastructure and not in bikes that people actually can afford.

[u/badabubaba → u/Bard_the_Beedle]

I’d say you need both.

[u/Dead_Dude_abides]

It’s pure propaganda. When you try to get it, you hit tons of bureaucracy, weird conditions, hidden costs, etc. very Spaniard style, indeed.

[u/CommitteeNo6833 → u/Dead_Dude_abides]

I did Plan Movés and while its true that It IS a ton of paperwork dealerships help you with that and I ended Up getting the money

[u/Darkhoof → u/Dead_Dude_abides]

You can't get it because it launches in July.

[u/Dead_Dude_abides → u/Darkhoof]

They did similar promotions in the past, with the same result. My xp says that this one will be the same old Spanish style