State funding now available for commercial e-cargobikes in Germany

Commercial, electric powered cargobike buyers can now get a huge 30%, up to 2500 Euro rebate via a new German government subsidy. Announced in Nov 2016, the details of the project have just been released. The subsidy covers 30% of the purchase price of an electric cargobike for business use. Electric-assisted trailers are also covered.

The official details of the e-cargobike subsidy come just two days after the German high court ruled it legal for cities to ban Diesel cars (under certain conditions) which is perfect timing considering the Spring buying season is just round the corner too.

With e-cargobike prices easily in the 4000 Euro range this subsidy is going to completely change the economics of buying a cargobike. A company claiming the goods tax (MwSt) of 19%, offsetting the cost against income tax and using the subsidy can effectively take around 50% off the ticket price. Running costs are 20-30 Euro a month and there’s a huge opportunity to advertise and gain a marketing advantage with a cargobike.

There are 10 cargobike problems you’ll need to plan for and we don’t recommend using a cargobike in the freezing temperatures that we’ve had in Germany this week but spring is round the corner and we expect sales to boom.

By Steve Chippy Paine

Steve, Chippy, SteveChippy and V4_Chippy are all aliases for Stephen Paine. Steve has been working on internet and web projects since the 80's and, for the last five years has focused on digital marketing. Meetmobility is a site for a hobby that combines travel on two-wheels, camping and productive technology. You'll might also be interested in the accompanying YouTube channel. Find Steve on Instagram (v4_chippy) and Twitter (chippy) Other sites include UMPCPortal where he writes purely about mobile technology.

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