New LSVA Rules: Electric Chargers Lose Tax Privilege From 2029

On the roads, more and more trucks operate with electric or hydrogen engines, which are exempt from the power-dependent heavy traffic tax. The Federal Council wants to change this.

The Federal Council intends to abolish as early as 2029 the total exemption of the RPLP charge for electric powered trucks. The reform must stabilise a system essential to the transfer of rail to road and to the development of public transportThe electric trucks should no longer be able to escape the charge on the traffic of heavy vehicles linked to the benefits (RPLP). In its message to Parliament, presented this Wednesday by the Federal Counci…