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18 August 2018 | AutoData INDUSTRIAL POLICY » THE ABC OF ROTA 2030 A very celebrated factor regarding the new automotive policy was the reduction of IPI for electric and hybrid vehicles. But there is a trick there: the new table does not change practically anything in the short term. Its effects will only be felt at some time in the future when the new energy efficiency goals probably will force automakers to launch some of these vehicles on the Brazilian market, even if imported, to lower their averages. What happened was that the government made a staggering for the IPI reduction- whose rate today is 13% for hybrids and 25% for electrics. From November 1st, the noventena (period of ninety days to adapt before the tariff) finishes, the IPI for hybrids will vary from 9% to 20%, depending on the ratio of energy efficiency versus weight. The trick: The Ford Fusion Hybrid, the second best-selling car in the segment, won’t even have that, because it will continue being taxed at 13%. The Ford Fusion Hybrid, the second best-selling car in the segment, won’t even have that because it will keep being taxed at 13%. Regarding the electric vehicles the scenario is the same: no change in the short-term because officially there are no electric cars being sold by a great automaker in Brazil nowadays. The BMW i3, which would be the one, is not considered an electric vehicle by the federal rules for having a combustion engine, although its function is only to charge the battery and not to help in the impulse of the vehicle. Because of this it pays the IPI of a hybrid car - and its tax is likely to rise on the new table. According to Inmetro (National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology) its energy efficiency ratio is 1.71 MJ/km and its weight is 1,3 thousand kilos, which is equivalent to 17% of the tax rate. The i8, also BMW and hybrid, jumps to 19%. Searched, BMWdid not want to comment. The real good news is that there is an additional benefit for hybrids that use flex technology in the combustion part: they will have an extra discount of 2 percentage points of the tax, regardless of the range in which they are located on the table. Again, there are no immediate earnings here, since there is no model of this type still for sale neither in Brazil nor in the world, but this incentive should guarantee its arrival. The trick of the new tax table for the hybrids and electric vehicles the Toyota Prius, the best-selling hybrid car in Brazil, pays 13% today and with the new table it will pay 12%, in other words, a minimum reduction.