- The environmental subsidy for the purchase or lease of an electric car or plug-in hybrid has been increased and extended until 2025
- In North Rhine-Westphalia, in addition to the environmental subsidy, there is an 4,000-euro subsidy for electric cars
- The German government has promoted an acoustic vehicle alerting system (AVAS) to make the silent electric cars safer since July 2019
- For vehicles costing less than 40,000 euros, those who use their electric company car privately will pay only a quarter of the taxable amount as a lump sum in taxes (25 percent of the list price) between 2020 and 2030. It used to be 50 percent
- Starting in 2020, companies will be able to depreciate delivery vehicles more quickly (special depreciation)