The idea was that the bonus would be available for application from January 2026. But that will not happen. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency confirms to the magazine Vi Bilägare that it instead appears that applications will begin to be accepted in the first quarter of 2026, not until February or March.
It is very challenging to meet the schedule, says Tea Alopaeus, who is a climate policy analyst at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, to Vi Bilägare.
The rules are complicated and have received a lot of criticism. The revised proposal includes a maximum bonus of SEK 64,800 for households with the lowest income – up to 50 percent of the median wage, the newspaper writes.
The EU must also approve the support because some money is drawn from EU funds.
