Application KfW 442 Solar Power for Electric Cars

The entire system must be used for at least 6 years, including an eCar (which of course may be changed).

Now the confirmation has also arrived in the portal at 18:43.

My 28XXX has become a 12XXX.

There were probably quite a few multiple applications after all.

Why subsidy for the richest 20%? Every homeowner has the opportunity

One could say homeowners are the top 40%, and then you only support those among them who currently have the money for a new or young used car. So you support those who are already well off. Many here probably belong to that group. The question is whether that makes sense for society. Photovoltaics are worthwhile anyway, batteries are kind of a zero-sum thing depending on usage, but electric cars are expensive. Shouldn't electric cars just be subsidized more? That still limits the circle to people who can afford a new car, but the boundary is no longer at homeownership, so twice as many people generally have access in the first place. Or you just give the wealthy—who were fast enough on that one day—€10,000 and hope the vote stays with the FDP. That’s what it comes down to from a societal perspective.

One could say that homeowners are the top 40%, and then only those who currently have the money for a new car or a young used one are supported. So basically, those who are already well off are supported. Many here probably belong to that group. The only question is whether that makes sense as a society.

It is a commonly believed misunderstanding that owning a home means you are in the top 40%. Not a few homeowners are retirees living in buildings that are at best from the late 1990s. So, more or less dilapidated. The question is more what happens if the 35-year-old gas boiler breaks down, rather than the purchase of an ID.4 starting at 45,000 EUR.

And those who have built in the last 2, 3 years, with all the price explosions... I do not believe that for many of them the question of an electric new car is at the top of their list right now.

It remains as it is. This was or is a subsidy for people who do not need it. Instead, they should have used the 300 million EUR for a lottery and energetically renovated 3,000 houses for 100,000 EUR each. That would do more for CO2 emissions than an electric car.

Top 40 of what? Income or wealth? And retirees with their own home are likely to be above average in income for retirees as well. Naturally, this is not comparable to the late fifties person at the peak of their career, just as it makes no sense to compare this late fifties person with a student or beginner professional.

The requirement of the KfW is at least 3 years

was doubled to 6 years shortly before the application started :(

6 years even, the entire system must be used for at least that long, including an e-car (although of course it may be changed)

iirc 8, but I can't find that right now...