Car incentives and conversion, from the government a single fund for the refinancing of the eco-bonus
The understanding it’s still to be perfected in the dialogue between ministries, for example on the emission limit of the models to be incentivized. But the automotive intervention system is ready: a single fund for the refinancing of the eco-bonus and for interventions that favor the reconversion of the supply chain, with one time that could be at least three years. Per Giancarlo GiorgettiMinister of Economic Development, this scheme can reach the Council of Ministers as early as tomorrow.
On 23/02 the national assembly of executives and delegates of Fiom in the automotive sector
Meanwhile, in less than a week, the February 23will go on stage at Torino the national assembly “Safety Car” with more than 200 executives and delegates from the automotive sector, as part of the campaign launched by Fiom for an extraordinary investment plan, for innovation, the environment and the guarantee of employment.
The meeting will be coordinated by the general secretary of Fiom Turin, Edi Lazzi. Following will be the introductory report by the national secretary of Fiom and automotive manager, Michele De Palma, then the floor will pass to the delegates and delegates of the sector from all over Italy and will see the contribution of the general secretary of Filctem, Marco Falcinelli. To conclude with the intervention of the general secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini.
In the afternoon it resumes with a round table, introduced by the general secretary of the CGIL Piedmont, Giorgio Airaudo and coordinated by the Corriere della Sera journalist, Federico Fubini, who will discuss the general secretary of Fiom, Francesca Re David, the president of Federmeccanica, Federico Visentin, the minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, the president of the Piedmont Region, Alberto Cirio.
Meanwhile the Ministry of Economy he pushed for an overall intervention, which takes into account supply and demand: “Of course. Even today, he explains Giorgetti al Sole 24 Ore, we dealt with the economy. The idea is to ‘launch in council of ministers on Friday a single fund for the automotive sector, which will then be declined by the ministries both in terms of incentives and on the other side of the industrial problem we are facing, that is, aid for the reconversion of our production chain “.
As for thefund size“we are discussing on the basis of approx 1 billion a year. We think it only makes sense to activate multi-year actions. “His ministry also intends to incentivize a part of Euro6 diesel and petrol models. A majority wing (M5S) and the Ministry of Ecological Transition they do not seem so in agreement: “Supporting electricity only means doing a favor only to foreign producers. Let’s say we have different sensitivities, I have the sensitivity of those who produce in Italy and not in Asia. I think we must not stop at also to encourage the purchase of cheaper cars in favor of less well-off classes “.
“We must also discuss it with the ministry of Ecological transitionbut our proposal goes up to 135 grams of Co2 per km because we have the responsibility to also incentivize a share of national production“. We must” respond to the challenge that is full of risks of the transition of the car “, taking into account” that the whole new frontier of the electric industry implies a lower use of manpower “. The production of cars in Italy in 2020” is dropped to a quarter of the cars produced in Spain “. Or” we manage to keep and even consolidate national production or we put ourselves in a complicated situation “.
It must be ensured that “productivity and labor costs are competitive with other potential locations. We are convinced that Stellantis, and the gigafactory in Termoli that we will support with 369 million from public resources proves it, she must continue to be hired in Italy, but it is not so obvious and it is not so obligatory for them to do so “. In the new Fund” we think about various types of instruments, including to finance new staff training that leaves certain forms of production and enters the electric production process “.
Auto, Acea: European sales down 6% in January, at an all-time low for the month
The picture allarmente comes directly from the European data: in January, the decline in car sales in the European Union continued, in a market penalized by the protracted shortage of semiconductors. Sales in terms of volumes touched new record low for the month of January with 682,596 registrations, 6% less than in January 2021, already an all-time low for the month. This was announced by Acea, the association of European car manufacturers.
Some Central European markets recorded a strong recovery: this is the case of Slovakia (+72,6%) e Romania (+55,5%), while in Poland sales recorded a minus 10.2%. In Western Europe, on the other hand, double-digit drops in Italy (-19.7%) and France (-18.6%), while Germany recorded solid growth (+ 8.5%) and Spain grew by 1.0. %. Among the car manufacturers, Volkswagen is confirmed as the leader, with 25.4% of the market (it was 25.6% a year ago) and 173,262 cars sold in January (minus 7.0% over one year).
Stellantis is in second place, but its market share drops to 20.5% from 22.7 in January 2021: the house sold 139,949 cars last month, 15.1% less than the 164,915 a year earlier. . Renault it is third, with a share of 10.5% (it was 10.2% a year earlier) and 71,349 cars sold (minus 3.5%). The French auto group is closely followed by Hyundai, which rises to 9.7% of the market from 7.1% a year earlier, with a jump of 28.7% to 66,249 cars sold. Growing too Toyota, plus 9.7% over the year with 57,155 cars and a market share that goes from 8.4% to 7.2%.