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Incentives System for Purchase of Ecological Vehicles in the Republic of Croatia – Analyses of Existing System and Proposal for More Efficient One

Emissions from road vehicles, i.e. internal combustion engines, are one of the significant sources of Greenhouse Gases (GHG). Because of the harmful effects which vehicles produce, hybrid and electric vehicles are becoming more and more popular every day. Electric vehicles are frequently proposed in terms of solving the problems with GHG emissions and are therefore financially supported through various incentives systems which significantly differ in some countries. The two main aims of this study are the analysis of existing incentives system in the Republic of Croatia and recommendation of a new vehicle incentives system in order to reduce the before mentioned GHG emissions. As the amount of incentives was one of the highest in the EU, the scientific question is: was the incentives system appropriate for the Republic of Croatia and was it possible to achieve higher impact with the same budget? In the paper, several aspects of using EV were analysed, especially their CO2 emissions depending on the origin of the electrical energy. Emissions from old road vehicles are far greater than emission of new ones and if the incentives were used for co-financing smaller vehicles with internal combustion engine and low CO2 emissions, a much greater overall GHG reduction would be achieved, which is also shown in the conducted analysis. An additional reason for such decision lies in need for increased safety on the roads in the Republic of Croatia. Namely, the Republic of Croatia still stands above the EU average when it comes to dealing with numbers of road traffic accidents with fatal injuries.

Electric Vehicles ; GHG Emissions ; Technical Roadworthiness ; Vehicle Age

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