BPM electric motorcycle reversed

Importers of electric motorcycles sounded the alarm late last year about a 19.4% BPM levy on the list price of emission-free motorcycles. This high purchase tax is equivalent to that for internal combustion engine motorcycles.

Firm price increase

The BPM tax meant price increases of several thousand euros. While electric two-wheelers are already heavily priced because of the more expensive battery technology. Basically just as you see with electric cars. They are also more expensive than their internal combustion engine counterparts.

BPM retroactively off the table

The BPM measure for electric motorcycles has now been reversed. In the recently presented Spring Memorandum, the cabinet proposes a fixed BPM rate of 200 euros for electric motorcycles and this measure applies retroactively from Jan. 1, 2025.

Emergency bell rung

Importers, in consultation with the RAI Association, had sounded the alarm in The Hague earlier this year. This is because the 19.4% levy is draconian compared to the fixed rate of 667 euros that will apply to electric cars starting January 1, 2025. Many importers take that amount for their own account. Electric commercial vehicles are even still free of BPM.

Lobby RAI Association

“The introduction of a full purchase tax on electric motorcycles as of 2025 is retroactively off the table again,” said the RAI Association. “There will be a fixed base of 200 euros. RAI Association has been working hard in the background in recent months to put this high on the political agenda and welcomes this development.”

Logical step in energy transition

“Reversing the introduction of BPM on electric motorcycles is a logical step in the energy transition to pave the way to a sustainable future for motorcycles as well. It is also positive that the coverage of these measures will largely come from the Climate Fund,” said the RAI Association.