Centre Party promises 90% electric share of new-car sales by 2030

Sweden’s Centre Party wants nine out of every 10 new cars sold in 2030 to be electric, a target it says would require a much faster transport transition than the governing Tidö parties have pursued.

The party’s plan includes a 50,000-kronor electric-car bonus for private buyers. It wants more households to qualify and would set aside 5 billion kronor for the measure. Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist said the proposal would make the bonus twice as large as the current one, which she described as narrowly designed.

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It is a major change.

The Centre Party also wants to support companies that switch to electric trucks. It would initially allocate 1 billion kronor in subsidies and direct the money to truck manufacturers, rather than requiring hauliers to finance the purchases before receiving support. Ringqvist said hauliers are often small businesses, even when they operate for large companies.

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The bonus should become twice as large as today’s.

The proposed targets would require 75% of light trucks and 50% of heavy trucks to be fully electric by 2030. The party said stronger demand could create a stable domestic market for Swedish manufacturers Scania and Volvo. Ringqvist said current electric trucks can travel 500 to 700 kilometres, while the heaviest timber transports should instead move toward biodiesel.

The Centre Party acknowledged that reaching its targets alone would not meet the state goal of cutting transport emissions by 70% by 2030. It therefore also supports producing and blending more renewable fuels, including a state-purchased biodiesel reserve instead of a reserve based on conventional diesel.

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We want the subsidy to go directly to the truck manufacturer, so hauliers do not have to lay out the money for a long time.