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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mcv on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:08AM (#14536601)
If it's an import tax, it only applies to cars imported from outside the EU. I don't know if Denmark has any car factories, but there are plenty of affordable cars being produced in the EU.
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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by pjc50 on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:49AM (#14536887)
I had a look, Denmark only have small boutique manufacturers eg: http://www.zenvoautomotive.com/en/specs/
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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mcv on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:53AM (#14536927)
It could have had a factory for a foreign brand, though if I had to guess, I would expect that they don't have one. Still, Denmark is an EU member, so imports of German cars should be free.

But as I understand, it's not really an import fee but a registration fee, which probably means you also have to pay it for domestically manufactured cars.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by Tehnix on Monday June 12, 2017 @11:57AM (#14538275)
>it's not really an import fee but a registration fee

Indeed, it is payed even if you live in Denmark, go buy a car in Germany, drive it back to Denmark yourself, and want to use it there.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by martin_bech on Monday June 12, 2017 @02:17PM (#14539547)
Its not an import tax, its a registration tax, for getting danish plates etc. We have a seperate sales tax/VAT/import tax of 25%. If you import a car from inside the EU, you will pay the same taxes.
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