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Nobody, when 2020 started, imagined what the coronavirus had prepared for us.

A year later,

microchips

came onto the scene .

Better, therefore, not to venture with respect to 2022. In fact, it is already quite hectic with the confirmed changes and the challenges that lie ahead: from a simple extension of the guarantee on new cars to confirming whether the commitment to Spanish factories.

MOST EXPENSIVE CARS...

Leaving aside the impact of the logistics crisis, raw materials and semiconductors, in 2022 the registration tax will return to the scheme of the first half of 2021: linked to the WLTP protocol to measure CO2 emissions, which will mean that, On average, vehicles become 5% more expensive when jumping from section to section.

In a model of about 20,000 euros, it will be 900 euros more.

Only the 100% electric ones and the hybrid ones (all the

plug-

in ones , to a much lesser extent the rest) will be spared.

...SAFER

The price increase will also affect those who ordered their vehicle months ago and will not receive it until 2022 due to lack of

stock

.

In exchange, they will find that the official guarantee goes from two to three years, while in the used ones one year can continue to be agreed.

These terms (also the one given to verify that a

warranty repair

is correct, and that goes from six months to 1 year) will only apply to those vehicles purchased after January 3, 2022, not to breakdowns or problems. arisen now in car purchased before that date.

Likewise, in all the new homologation models, more driving aids will come as standard, such as the

black box

or the fatigue alert.

These devices will not be required on all cars for sale until 2024.

...AND NEWEST?

Discarded a Renewal for all technologies,

the only stimulus to the purchase will be the Moves III Plan for battery-powered models and PHEV, although at the rate set by each Autonomous Community.

There are still regions that, a year later, have not paid Moves II.

For many, the only way out will continue to be the used market, where 60% of vehicles are 10 years old or more.

CHIPS, UNTIL WHEN?

The lack of these elements will mean that up to seven million vehicles will no longer be manufactured worldwide in 2021.

In Spain they will be close to 300,000, since, although the drop until November was about 120,000 units, the comparison is with an exercise (2020) in which the plants were stopped for almost two months.

The common opinion among experts and manufacturers is that normal supply will not occur until 2023. Until

that time arrives, factories will continue to be subject to ERTEs and buyers will see their choice reduced, with a greater weight of models and versions more expensive.

Set to reduce their production, the brands prefer to focus on the one that gives them the most profit.

THE PERTE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

The Government presumes that the PERTE of the Electric and Connected Vehicle is the first European recovery plan. In its industrial aspect, it is endowed with 2,975 million in aid, which is expected to attract 11,900 million in private investment. The bases are already in place to compete for these funds, the call for projects to request aid remains to be opened. The rest of the large manufacturing countries are accelerating the electrification of the automotive industry, while Spain does not have any matrix.

And yes, pressure from some such as the VW Group, which is waiting for that money to start production in Spain of electric cars and batteries in 2025.

In addition, the reindustrialization of the facilities that Nissan has closed in Barcelona has not yet been completed.

This movement showed that Spain was not safe from what had already happened in France, Germany, Italy or the United Kingdom.

With the aggravating circumstance that these countries are increasingly demanding more from their manufacturers in exchange for supporting them.

THE PROMISE OF TAXATION

It is one of the transversal and structural measures that could help the sector to recover.

In the short term, lowering or eliminating VAT on electricity.

And to stay, the change from taxation to purchase for one that taxes use and pays more for those who pollute the most.

The problem is that this reform is framed within one of taxation in general and in the case of automobiles, it affects the central State, the Autonomous Communities and the City Councils.

The change could also reach used cars, where it is considered to penalize transfers of older models.

TRAFFIC LAW

From March 21, there will be tougher fines for using a cell phone, not wearing a seat belt, wearing a radar detector, cheating in exams or endangering cyclists.

We will also say goodbye to the extra 20 km/h when overtaking on conventional roads.

Not far from that date, the regulation

on

vulnerable

people - pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and scooter users - of the DGT should be ready.

THE DGT LABELS

It was planned that they be reformed in the middle of last year, but finally (and by indications of the Government) the project was paralyzed so as not to cause even more damage to the sales of new cars.

The changes could be delayed even until the next legislature, beyond 2023. There is talk of introducing a new D label for the most modern combustion cars.

And to maintain the ZERO for plug-in hybrids, although the requirements for it could be toughened.

Meanwhile, the motorcycle sector has lamented the slowdown in the initiative, since they consider that the current system harms them significantly.

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