Denmark has dropped its plan to raise the registration tax on pricier electric cars from 1 January. Samira Nawa (Social Liberals), the minister for climate, energy and utilities, told TV 2 on 11 November 2026 that the government would postpone the increase by one year. "We are allowed to get wiser," she said, adding that the government had listened to Danes who want to buy an electric car "without the tax going up". The postponement is now part of the tax agreement between the government and the Danish People's Party, presented on 12 November: "The planned increase in the registration tax for electric cars is postponed by one year."
What the reversal keeps in place
The government's 2027 budget proposal, which TeslAnt covered in October, let the phase-in agreed in 2020 resume on 1 January. The price below which an electric car pays no registration tax would have fallen from about 419,300 to about 366,200 kroner, and the effective rate on the value above that line would have risen from 60% to 72%. Under the agreement, the 2026 line and rate apply for another year.
The agreement puts the cost of the one-year postponement at 825 million kroner in 2027.
Where Tesla's line-up lands
The Model 3 RWD, Model Y RWD and Model 3 Premium Long Range RWD sit below both lines. For the rest, at the Danish list prices before options in our October table:
| Version | Price | Against the dropped 366,200 line | Against the kept 419,300 line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model 3 Premium Long Range AWD | 359,990 kroner | 6,210 below | 59,310 below |
| Model Y Premium Long Range RWD | 364,990 kroner | 1,210 below | 54,310 below |
| Model Y Premium Long Range AWD | 404,990 kroner | 38,790 above | 14,310 below |
| Model 3 Performance | about 470,000 kroner | about 103,800 above | about 50,700 above |
| Model Y Performance | 494,990 kroner | 128,790 above | 75,690 above |
The all-wheel-drive Model Y Long Range gains most. The motoring organisation FDM had calculated that it would cost nearly 28,000 kroner more if registered after New Year; at its base price, it now stays tax-free through 2027. Under the old plan, any option costing more than 1,210 kroner would also have pushed a rear-wheel-drive Model Y Long Range into the tax. The Performance versions still pay, but at the 2026 rate. The tax depends on the registration date, not the order date, so buyers who were rushing to register before New Year no longer need to.
The trade behind it
The Danish People's Party's main demand was cheaper fuel: the agreement cuts petrol and diesel taxes by the equivalent of two kroner per litre, including VAT, for 2027 only. The Social Liberals opposed the fuel cut on climate grounds, and the EV freeze was agreed as compensation, according to DR. Mads Rørvig, chief executive of the industry body Mobility Denmark, called it "an important victory for the green transition and a clear helping hand to car buyers". A transport professor quoted by Jyllands-Posten called the EV rebate "far from a rational policy", since expensive electric cars get off more cheaply while fossil cars pay less tax.
What happens next
The agreement still has to be passed by the Folketing. It covers 2027 only and sets no rates for electric cars from 2028. Instead, it reserves 800 million kroner in 2028, 725 million in 2029 and 925 million in 2030 for a reform of car taxes. In spring 2027 the government will discuss a proposal with the parties in parliament, based on the recommendations of its expert commission on car taxation. What applies from 1 January 2028 is therefore not yet known. In October, 97% of new cars bought by private buyers were electric, DR reports, citing bilstatistik.dk.
Update: 2026-11-14
On 14 November the government agreed a second Finance Act deal, with Enhedslisten and Alternativet, that adds a subsidy for electric cars from 2028. The agreement sets aside 150 million kroner a year in 2028, 2029 and 2030 for a scheme that helps low-income households replace petrol and diesel cars, for example through leasing. The support rates and the target group, by income and by geography, are still to be worked out, drawing on schemes in Sweden and France; a purchase grant is also being considered. The government will seek further money from the EU's Social Climate Fund, which could enlarge the budget.
Whether a Tesla will qualify depends on rules not yet written. Sweden's elbilspremie, which pays rural low-income households SEK 46,800 over three years, only covers cars costing up to SEK 450,000: the Model 3 qualifies, while the rear-wheel-drive Model Y has been priced above that cap since Tesla ended its bonus there.