00:03A nova esquema na Svédia oferece motoristas em rurais financeiros de apoio para ir green
00:08por se transformar para um carro eléctrico.
00:10Eu aplicou para o Premium, e isso realmente ajudou a comprar esse carro.
00:15É um mudança muito legal em nossas vidas, para salvar tanto dinheiro.
00:21O melhor é que ele não se torna e que ele é tão forte.
00:25A idea behind the Swedish electric car premium é a financeira helping hand
00:31para pessoas com lower incomes em rurais como este, onde transporte não é uma opção.
00:37Nós estamos aqui em central de Svédia para ver como eles fazem isso funcionar.
00:46Project manager Olivia Almquist é muito orgulho de sua nova electricidade,
00:50a vehicle que replaced an unreliable 30-year-old petrol car.
00:54A mother of two says she's totally reliant on her car for everyday family life.
00:59We need a car because kindergarten is that way and work is that way
01:04and the store is that way, so it wouldn't work to use the bus.
01:10The Swedish government's electric car premium offers Olivia 120 euros a month
01:16towards her 415 euro a month leasing costs over three years.
01:20She did have her doubts about range and charging, but is now a big fan of the low running costs.
01:26I couldn't understand why people bought electric cars,
01:30because it just didn't look like it was trustworthy.
01:34And now I can't understand why not everyone is buying an electric car.
01:39A key goal of the premium is to counteract high energy costs by boosting electrification.
01:45Swedes who want to apply for the funding have to meet certain criteria.
01:49Beneficiaries should earn under 80% of the Swedish average wage and live in a rural area.
01:55Cars can be new or second-hand, leased or purchased,
01:59and should cost between 6,000 and 40,000 euros.
02:03Social worker Daniel Kaldeman chose to buy an electric car priced just below the maximum limit.
02:08He lives far from his office and drives 65,000 kilometers per year,
02:13so his fuel savings are high.
02:15Before, I paid more than 800 euros every month putting diesel in the car,
02:23and now I pay 150 euros charging this car.
02:27Daniel has five children and had low earnings last year,
02:31so he was eligible for the one-off startup bonus of 1,600 euros,
02:35as well as the monthly premium of 120 euros.
02:39Although having a zero-emission car is important,
02:41he says the financial support clinched the deal.
02:44I like being eco-friendly and I think about not polluting the environment.
02:53So, yeah, it was a factor, but I think the main factor was economics for me.
03:02Overall, this premium aims to help over 115,000 households
03:07to move away from expensive fossil fuels.
03:10So, where's the money coming from to make this happen?
03:13The majority of the funds are European,
03:15with 400 million euros from the EU's Social Climate Fund
03:19going into the 533 million euro Swedish social climate plan that pays the premiums.
03:25The EU's Social Climate Fund is financed by carbon taxes
03:30raised through Europe's emissions trading system.
03:33Sweden's Environmental Protection Agency oversees the electric car scheme.
03:38Project manager Eileen Hall believes the premium is hitting its target audience,
03:43who mostly buy used electric cars to replace older petrol or diesel ones.
03:49So, we can see that a clear majority, nearly 90%, are used vehicles.
03:54The main objective for this is to make the green transition more fair and equitable.
04:02But we can also see that, yes, it does have an impact on the emissions.
04:08It helps reduce emissions.
04:11In a hamlet in the Swedish countryside, we meet father of four, Robin Lindberg.
04:15He's well-known locally for paying just 10 euros for his 12-year-old electric car
04:21once the start-up bonus and monthly premium are taken into account.
04:25He sees himself as an electric car convert.
04:29Robin Lindberg is now building a garage to help his car survive the winter.
04:50Over 20,000 people have joined him and applied for the electric car premium since it launched in March.
