On Nov. 8, the Swiss Federal Council announced that it would no longer be issuing an exception for its import duty on electric vehicles starting January 1, 2024. Since its introduction in 1997, electric vehicles have been exempted from the 4% import duty on vehicles for passenger or goods transport weighing no more than 1600 kg under the Automobile Tax Ordinance (AStV). In its statement, the Swiss Federal Council claims that between 2018 and 2022, yearly imports of EVs
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