Little interest in scrapping premium – 28 approved

The scrapping premium was highlighted as one of the government's climate initiatives. The first month has only seen 28 cases approved.

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In August, a scrapping premium of 10,000 kronor was introduced for those who scrap their at least 15-year-old car and instead switch to an electric vehicle. Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L) has highlighted the scrapping premium as one of the government's climate initiatives, but the calculations – 50,000 scrapped cars – have been criticized for being too optimistic.

Now that a month has passed since the premium was introduced on August 20, a total of 56 cases have been received by the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, which handles the grant. 28 cases have been approved, 8 have been rejected, 1 has been cancelled, and 19 cases are still open.

Cases with registered payments are 23, which means that 230,000 kronor have been paid out so far, according to the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning.

In total, the government has earmarked 250 million kronor for the scrapping premium in 2024 and 2025. This means that the funds will be enough for 25,000 premiums per year.

The scrapping premium is 10,000 kronor. Only private individuals can apply.

The requirement to receive the premium is that the older car is replaced with a purchased or leased electric vehicle, which can be used or new.

The scrapped car must be classified in emission class euro 4 or an earlier emission class, i.e., with relatively dirty exhaust emissions.

The car being scrapped must not be deregistered, but must be in use.

The regulation came into force on August 20, 2024, and will cease to apply at the end of 2025.

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