Applying for a license plate for electric vehicles
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzYou can apply for the E-license plate for vehicles that have an alternative drive system.
These include:
- Pure battery electric vehicles,
- Vehicles that are charged from the outside via a charging cable, such as plug-in hybrid vehicles, and
- hydrogen-powered vehicles, such as fuel cell cars.
You can recognize an E license plate by the letter "E" after the general vehicle license plate. If you want to enter environmental zones, you still need an environmental sticker.
Advantages for vehicles with E-plates on the road are, for example:
- free parking,
- Use of specially designated parking spaces,
- Use of the bus lane.
These benefits differ between municipalities. Please check with your local transport authority to find out what applies to where you live. Please note that there are different types of license plates for different purposes. Of these, the following cannot be combined with the E-plate:
- short-term license plates,
- export license plates and
- red license plates (so-called dealer license plates).
Note: You can save up to EUR 2,000 on the first purchase and registration of an electric vehicle by applying for an environmental bonus.