Overview
- BAFA told multiple outlets Wednesday that the agency has received just over 100,000 subsidy applications and has approved about 28,000 cases while processing a large backlog.
- More than half of applicants report taxable household income up to €45,000 and roughly three quarters fall below €60,000, reflecting the program’s social‑tier design.
- Over 90 percent of applications are for battery‑electric vehicles and KBA July data show BEVs reached about a 29–30 percent share of new registrations.
- Market research from CAR shows manufacturers are cutting EV discounts and raising discounts on combustion cars, shifting how much of the subsidy reaches buyers versus producers.
- Early approvals skew to non‑German brands such as Tesla, Škoda and some Chinese makers, prompting CSU demands to add price or local‑production conditions and raising concerns that the €3 billion budget could be used up faster than planned.