Incentives and Legislation
The incentives and legislations section is undergoing a comprehensive annual update for 2025, due to be published by 18th April 2025.
The last annual update was to represent situation as of 2024, publihsed on 23rd April 2024.
Incentives and legislation that aim to increase uptake of alternative fuels vehicles and infrastructure.
If you know of other national or local incentives that should be included in this section, please send us an email, or use the button on the right, and let us know. We review the proposed changes and implement the updates on a short notice.
The incentives and legislations section is undergoing a comprehensive annual update for 2025, due to be published by 18th April 2025.
The last annual update was to represent situation as of 2024, publihsed on 23rd April 2024.
Incentives and legislation that aim to increase uptake of alternative fuels vehicles and infrastructure.
If you know of other national or local incentives that should be included in this section, please send us an email, or use the button on the right, and let us know. We review the proposed changes and implement the updates on a short notice.
- Registration tax benefits
Exemption for EV's.
- Company tax benefits
Purchase incentives (bonus) for vehicles ≤ six months:- M1 electric vehicle: €5,000- Additional €1,000 for scrapping an old diesel or petrol M1, ownedfor at least 12 months, with a valid MOT Maximum subsidy is €400,000 per company.
- Purchase subsidies
Purchase incentives (bonus) for individuals in 2024:- €2,500 for a used M1 electric vehicle with first registration after 2 April 2016, or model year 2016 and later-Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are eligible for a EUR5,000 purchase incentive.-Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are eligible for a EUR2,000 purchase incentive.-The maximum purchase price of an eligible EV is EUR45,000.- Additional €1,000 for scrapping old diesel or petrol M1, owned for at least 12 months, and with a valid MOT for the dates: 2 February 2021 or 13 March 2020
- Other financial benefits
- BEV free parking in Vilnius and free parking of BEV and PHEV with special EV registration numbers in other cities (Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Neringa);- Bus lanes for EV (BEV+PHEV) in Vilnius;- Special vehicle registration numbers for EV (EVXXXX and from 2018-04-03 – EXXXXX); - In 2019, a subsidy of EUR 1000 was introduced for persons who provide for the scrapping (recovery) of an old vehicle and the purchase of a less polluting vehicle (powered only by gasoline, gas (natural or liquefied), ethanol, electricity or gasoline, ethanol, electricity; the date for the first registration of such a vehicle in the European Union shall not be earlier than 1 January 2013 and shall not exceed 130 g CO2 / km.);
- Local incentives
Public tenders for installation of public electric vehicles charging points; renewal of old and polluting public vehicles by electric transport.
- AF infrastructure incentives
Private charging infrastructure is subsidized with up to €1,500 for wallboxes or charging cables and up to €3,000 for shared systems in multi-party buildings.
Public charging infrastructure is subsidized with up to €10,000.
- Ownership / Circulation tax benefits
All EVs are exempt from road tax until 2024.
- VAT Benefits
Effective from 1 January 2023, permits an input VAT deduction for purchasing passenger (M1) electric cars of up to €50,000 (including VAT).
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- Announced policy changes (effective later in 2024 and after)
VAT deduction for BEVs will be maintained until 2027.
- Institutions involved in Incentives
MoT&C, MoE and MoE&I also Municipalities
Incentives and Legislation
The incentives and legislations section is undergoing a comprehensive annual update for 2025, due to be published by 18th April 2025.
The last annual update was to represent situation as of 2024, publihsed on 23rd April 2024.
Incentives and legislation that aim to increase uptake of alternative fuels vehicles and infrastructure.
If you know of other national or local incentives that should be included in this section, please send us an email, or use the button on the right, and let us know. We review the proposed changes and implement the updates on a short notice.