I'm in the process of buying a MINI Aceman SE in Tokyo and trying to understand the subsidies available to me. The dealer mentioned a national and a Tokyo-to based scheme totaling 850,000¥, but searching by myself I'm not finding the same numbers.
Here's what I got:
- I believe this is the national scheme: https://www.cev-pc.or.jp/hojo/cev.html and it lists 650,000¥ for my model from April 2025 onwards.
- As a Tokyo resident, I find this: https://www.tokyo-co2down.jp/subsidy/ev which gives me:
- 350,000¥ for my model
- Apparently, if I read this correctly, just the fact of subscribing to an renewable electricity provider like Loop would add 150,000¥ to the subsidy, even if I live in a mansion without an EV charger…
Just the basic car model subsidies are already 1M¥ which is more than what my dealer quoted me and I'm sort of dubious that just changing my home electricity plan would net me a 150,000¥ extra, sounds too good to be true.
Am I missing something? Can I really expect 1,150,000¥ cash in hand after buying the car?
I'll obviously talk to the guy asap to confirm but he was off yesterday and today for family emergency and I'd prefer to come informed to any further discussions.
by furansowa