2023-12-20 17:29:51
The dealer association, Faconauto, has proposed that, by 2024, the policies designed by the autonomous communities play a prominent role in the current process of decarbonization of mobility and, specifically, that they advance through their own renewal plans. of the automobile fleet.
From this association they have announced that they have already held meetings with practically all the regional governments. In all of them, it has transferred a proposal for a park decarbonization plan that includes the scrapping of vehicles more than ten years old.
In this regard, the employers’ association has stressed that its proposal to achieve the European goal of zero net CO2 emissions is based on an acceleration of electrification and the participation of other technologies. Regarding electrification, he recalled that the past year has not met expectations because electrified vehicles have only accounted for 11.7% of passenger car registrations and, today, without new measures on the horizon, the forecast managed by Faconauto de Looking to 2024, electrified vehicles will stagnate and will only account for 12.4% of the market.
This configuration of vehicle sales in Spain means that the weight of environmental improvement remains linked in this period of transition to technological neutrality. For this reason, Faconauto has announced that it will also transfer to the central Government as soon as possible a national mobility decarbonization plan that includes the renewal of the park so that it can be taken into account during the preparation of the next General State Budgets.
Plan Renove
The plan would cover the period 2024-2027, would be endowed with 1.1 billion euros and, in all cases, the sector, as in previous programs, could support the measure. The aid, pre-awarded, would be up to 4,000 euros to purchase vehicles up to one year old and would entail the scrapping of cars more than ten years old.
The final objective of this measure is to scrap around 400,000 vehicles, which would mean a saving of 290,000 tons/year of CO2, that is, a reduction in emissions of 63% in three years. Furthermore, the tax collection from the Plan proposed by Faconauto would be about 2.3 billion euros, so the recovery ratio of the State’s investment would be 1 to 2. Likewise, Faconauto estimates that the added demand would be around 20 %, some 80,000 units purchased by individuals who were not contemplating purchasing a more efficient vehicle and who would be encouraged thanks to the official incentive.
Marta Blázquez, president of Faconauto, during her FP speech
«If the decarbonization of mobility is not at the center of policies, in 2024 we will continue to be “idling.” To put it at the center, it has to be under the umbrella of Moncloa, which should transversally lead the action of the ministries involved. It is led with measures and, therefore, we are in the hands of the Government. As a priority, implement measures to accelerate electrification and it also seems necessary and evident that during this transition period we will need other measures focused on technological neutrality. The citizen is the one who chooses and not everyone can opt for the electric vehicle, that is why we ask for a “Renew without complexes” for that close to 75% of customers who cannot get close to the electrified vehicle. In short, we have to accelerate decarbonization to boost the market via strengthening electricity and scrapping,” said the president of FaconautoMarta Blazquez.
Among the urgent measures that should be addressed next year, Faconauto has pointed out taxation as the main one, since it is a lever to achieve the electrification objectives and, as has been seen in other more mature European markets, it is a driving element. effective and with a direct impact on the reduction of emissions that are intended to be achieved in the field of mobility.
Faconauto has emphasized the need for all measures that affect mobility to be taken with the citizen in mind. Specifically, its president has cited “the need to unify information on charging points, facilitate the processing of incentives for electric vehicles, measure the impact that the application of Low Emission Zones may have, not vary the current model of DGT labels and, in general, continue to see the private vehicle as an ally for economic and social development.
On the other hand, the president of Faconauto has also described the upcoming European elections in June as “key”, since “the game is played mainly in Europe and these elections will have a very important impact on the future of a sector, such as ours, which is in full transformation,” explained Marta Blázquez.
A better year than expected
At the same meeting, the employers’ association took stock of the year 2023, which it described as “better than expected, but clearly insufficient” in part due to the good evolution of enrollments in the second semester, which has allowed the year to close. with figures (950,000 sales, +17%) higher than expected.
«The market in 2023 has been favored by an improvement in the supply of vehicles, which has been uneven depending on the brands, but which has allowed the almost normalization of the commercial activity of dealers. In any case, the 950,000 registrations this year only confirm how slow the recovery of the automotive sector is, a trend that will continue in 2024, when we expect around a million units, that is, only a growth of 5%,” he indicated. José Ignacio Moya, general director of Faconauto.
With these figures, the profitability of the dealers has been falling throughout the year to 1.5% of turnover due to the general increase in costs, both financial and structural, lower profitability of the used department and greater effort commercial. Faconauto expects this figure to rise in the last quarter, although it will be far from the average of the previous year, which stood at 2.2%.
On the other hand, the employers’ association has announced that the dealer networks have maintained employment, which is once again around 150,000 employees, but has drawn attention to the difficulties that the sector has in filling vacancies in its workforce. According to an estimate by Faconauto, an average dealership currently needs to add around four employees to its workforce, which implies that, in all networks, the lack of jobs reaches 8,000 workers.
As for the rest of the business areas, the used vehicle market will close this year with an estimated growth of 2.5%, to exceed 1.9 million units, being favored above all by an improvement in the supply of vehicles up to five years (+6%). Thus, one in every four second-hand passenger cars (25.6%) sold so far this year was between zero and five years old. In this market, prices have experienced a certain adjustment due to the increase in supply as the situation of stock shortages has been overcome.
Finally, official after-sales turnover would have been around a 4% increase in 2023, favored by inflation. In this area, the good performance of spare parts stands out, which grows year after year in importance and in its contribution to the dealers’ final results.
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