Purchase of New Electric Vehicles and Pedelecs - 2025
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The information in this page applies to New Electric Vehicles registered in Malta after the 1st of January 2025. However, New Electric Vehicles ordered by the 28th of October 2024 and included in the lists submitted to Transport Malta by the vehicle importers, even if registered in 2025, are eligible under the New EV Grant Scheme for 2024. |
The information included in this page is meant to provide information about this incentive scheme, without prejudice to any provision in the respective scheme as published on the government gazzette, downloadable here.
Eligible Vehicles & Grant Amounts
| Type of Vehicle | Grant Amount1 | |
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| Pedelecs | €500 | |
| Cargo Pedelecs Category L1e Vehicles: Mopeds Category L2e Vehicles: 3-wheeled Mopeds Category L3e Vehicles: Motorcycles Category L4e Vehicles: Motorcycles with Side-Car |
€2,000 per vehicle, but not more than 80% of the selling price. | |
| Category L5e Vehicles: Tricycles Category L6e Vehicles: Quadricycles Category L7e Vehicles: Heavy Quadricycles |
25% of CIF, capped at €6,000 per vehicle; minimum €2,000. | |
| Category M1 Vehicles: Cars with up to 9 seats | Selling Price Up to €40,000: €8,000 Selling Price Over €40,000 but not exceeding €100,000: €6,000 |
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| Category N1 Vehicles: Vans weighing up to 3,500kg |
1 The grant amounts for applications submitted under the General Block Exemption State Aid Rules may vary, but may not exceed the amounts shown below.
Terms and Conditions
- Electric Vehicle or pedelec must be new. A new vehicle is one that has never been registered before in any country.
- CIF value refers to the Cost, Insurance and Freight Value, as indicated in the respective invoice.
Scrappage Grant (Optional)
| Type of Scrapped Vehicle | Grant Amount | |
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| Category L Vehicles: Mopeds, 3-wheeled Mopeds, Motorcycles, Motorcycles with Side-Car, Tricycles or Quadricycles | €500 | |
| Category M1 Vehicles: Cars with up to 9 seats | Last licence expired more than 3 months before it is scrapped at a destruction facility: €500 Last licence expired not more than 3 months before it is scrapped at a destruction facility: €1,000 |
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| Category N1 Vehicles: Vans weighing up to 3,500kg | ||
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
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Terms and Conditions
- Scrapped vehicle must be at least 10 years old from the Year of Manufacture on the date of destruction.
- The Scrapped vehicle must be licensed with Transport Malta in the name of the applicant before its destruction and before the registration of the new electric vehicle or, in the case of pedelecs, before the date of purchase.
- Deregistered vehicles which had benefitted from the provisions of S.L.65.24 shall not be eligible for this scrappage scheme.
- Vehicles must be scrapped at Authorised Treatment Facilities approved in compliance with the Waste Management (End of Life) Regulations – S.L.549.36. Destruction Certificates issued must be dated 2024 or 2025.
- If the scrapped vehicle was continuously registered in Gozo between the 11th October 2021 and the date of scrappage, and the bank account to which the applicant requests the issue of the grant is registered on an address in Gozo, applicant shall be entitled for an additional scrappage grant of €1,000.
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IMPORTANT: Read and understand the Scheme Conditions explained in this webpage before applying.
* Including:Companies, Partnerships, Sole Traders, Trusts and Associations
Excluding:Undertakings which are controlled directly or indirectly by the Government of Malta, or funded through public funds are not eligible under this scheme.
If your organisation does not fall under any of the above categories, kindly contact us on incentivesltd.tm@transport.gov.mt.
Requests for Revision of Authority’s decisions
If you feel that a decision taken by the Authority concerning your application for a grant is incorrect, you can request a revision of this decision by following the procedure explained here.
Page last updated: 27/02/2025
