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On the effects of technology and innovation on people, companies and society (writing in Spanish at since 2003)

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How would you like an electric car for free?

2 min readJul 25, 2020

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The increase in state subsidies to buy electric vehicles in some European countries has reached the point in that , with the cost of the deposit and the €125 euro monthly payment covered by the subsidy, which was recently doubled. You will have to insure it separately, and pay a little more if you want to keep it after two years, but yes, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, and there’s no catch, in Germany misleading advertising is subject to heavy fines: it’s .

Unsurprisingly, the company that has launched (), König, has been avalanched with thousands of requests for information and with more than three hundred contracts already signed (due to lack of personnel), says it cannot meet demand in the short-term. . The tiny at another German dealer, CarFellows, costs €9.90 euros per month ().

Other European countries have also increased subsidies for electric cars: in Croatia, €11,800; in Romania, €11,100; in Germany and Poland, €9,900; in France, €7,700. ? Continuing to subsidize diesel and petrol vehicles…

Enrique Dans
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On the effects of technology and innovation on people, companies and society (writing in Spanish at since 2003)

Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans

Written by Enrique Dans

Professor of Innovation at IE Business School and blogger (in English here and in Spanish at )

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