Formula E-team

In the Netherlands the Formula E-team stimulates breakthroughs in electric mobility in amongst others infrastructure, batteries and availability of vehicles. The Formula E-team is a collaboration of Dutch trade and industry, institutes and administration.

The Dutch national administration invests in sustainable mobility to reduce CO2 emissions, to make the air cleaner, to save the environment and to reduce the demand for fossile fuels.

Part of this strategy is to provide Dutch companies and licensed drivers access to affordable and reliable electric driving within the next years. The Formula E-team contributes to establishing the necessary conditions.

The collaborating partners of the Formula E-team will be focusing on a selection of subjects that will be vital for realising breakthroughs in electric mobility in the Netherlands.

Focus points

The Formula E-team focuses and aims at breakthroughs in the following areas:

• Safety
  - Recording of electric vehicles in crash recovery system of emergency services
  - Training courses for maintenance and repair of electric and hybride vehicles
  - Technical requirements for converting conventional vehicles into electric ones and for periodic vehicle safety checks
• Infrastructure
  - Network of (fast) recharging posts
  - Universal access to recharging and payment facilities
• Batteries
  - Monitoring of life cycle and state of batteries
  - Efficient and sustainable recycling and 2nd life cycle
• Automotive
  - Ensuring a significant supply of electric vehicles by promoting the Dutch approach at vehicle and battery manufacturers abroad
  - Privileged fiscal treatment of electric vehicles by the Dutch national administration
  - Joining forces on the demand side, e.g. in the Dutch Consortium for the Tender of Electric Cars (DC-TEC)
• International
  - International collaboration aiming at a compatible infrastructure in surrounding countries
  - Participation in boarder crossing R&D projects and pilots

Financial incentives

The Dutch national administration and also some local and regional administrations offer various financial incentives to stimulate the purchasing and driving of electric vehicles in the Netherlands:

• National
  - Tax relief regulation for purchasing commercial electric vehicles and recharging posts
  - Exemptions for both purchasing (luxury) and road taxes
  - Exemption for income tax for company car drivers
  - National subsidy schemes for innovative pilots
• Local and regional
  - The municipalities of Amsterdam, Leeuwarden and Rotterdam grant (additional) subsidies for either purchasing electric vehicles and/or recharging posts
  - The province of Noord-Brabant grants subsidies for innovative projects covering electric driving and smart grids

Publications

English translations of dutch publications:

• Action plan for electric driving
• English Summary - progress of electric vehicles action plan
• Action Plan Electric Transport
• CO2 emission final report

Further information

For further information please contact the Formula E-team secretariat