00:03La nostra scena in Svedia offriserà i servizi in rurale
00:07finanziare attraggare in grado di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo
00:10di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo di sviluppo.
00:10La scena è che non lo so e che è così piccolo.
00:30Helping hand to people on lower incomes in rural areas like this
00:34Where public transport is not an option
00:36We're here in central Sweden to see how they make it work
00:46Project manager Olivia Almquist is rather proud of her new electric vehicle
00:50Which replaced an unreliable 30-year-old petrol car
00:54The mother of two says she's totally reliant on her car for everyday family life
00:59We need a car because kindergarten is that way and work is that way
01:04And the store is that way so it wouldn't work to use the bus
01:10The Swedish government's electric car premium offers Olivia 120 euros a month
01:16Towards her 415 euro a month leasing costs over three years
01:20She did have her doubts about range and charging
01:23But is now a big fan of the low running costs
01:26I couldn't understand why people bought electric cars
01:30Because it just didn't look like it was trustworthy
01:33And now I can't understand why not everyone is buying an electric car
01:39The key goal of the premium is to counteract high energy costs by boosting electrification
01:45Swedes who want to apply for the funding have to meet certain criteria
01:49Beneficiaries should earn under 80% of the Swedish average wage and live in a rural area
01:55Cars can be new or second-hand leased or purchased
01:58And should cost between 6,000 and 40,000 euros
02:02Social worker Daniel Kaldeman chose to buy an electric car priced just below the maximum limit
02:08He lives far from his office and drives 65,000 kilometers per year
02:13So his fuel savings are high
02:15Before I paid more than 800 euros every month putting diesel in the car
02:23And now I pay 150 euros charging this car
02:27Daniel has five children and had low earnings last year
02:31So he was eligible for the one-off startup bonus of 1,600 euros
02:35As well as the monthly premium of 120 euros
02:38Although having a zero-emission car is important
02:41He says the financial support clinched the deal
02:44I like being eco-friendly and I think about not polluting the environment
02:52So yeah, it was a factor
02:54But I think the main factor was economics for me
03:02Overall, this premium aims to help over 115,000 households
03:07To move away from expensive fossil fuels
03:10So where's the money coming from to make this happen?
03:13The majority of the funds are European
03:15With 400 million euros from the EU's social climate fund
03:19Going into the 533 million euro Swedish social climate plan
03:23That pays the premiums
03:25The EU's social climate fund is financed by carbon taxes
03:30Raised through Europe's emissions trading system
03:33Sweden's environmental protection agency oversees the electric car scheme
03:38Project manager Elin Hall believes the premium is hitting its target audience
03:42Who mostly buy used electric cars to replace older petrol or diesel ones
03:48So we can see that a clear majority, nearly 90% are used vehicles
03:54The main objective for this is to make the green transition more fair and equitable
04:01But we can also see that yes, it does have an impact on the emissions
04:08It helps reduce emissions
04:11In a hamlet in the Swedish countryside we meet father of four, Robin Lindbergh
04:15He's well known locally for paying just 10 euros for his 12-year-old electric car
04:21Once the startup bonus and monthly premium are taken into account
04:25He sees himself as an electric car convert
04:28I love motors, cars, boats, trucks
04:32I was very skeptical about your cars
04:34But now when you get the chance to test this
04:37In general without putting in some money
04:39It was worth it to test
04:41And I'm very surprised at how good it is
04:45Robin is now building a garage to help his car survive the winter
04:50Over 20,000 people have joined him and applied for the electric car premium
04:54Since it launched in March
