Ayuso's Madrid denies MOEVE EV grants to buyers over an accounting technicality

Ayuso's Madrid denies MOEVE EV grants to buyers over an accounting technicality
The paradox comes down to the calendar: paying a deposit in December 2024 to secure the car and completing the invoice in 2025 can cost a Madrid buyer the 7,000-euro MOEVE plan subsidy. While other Spanish regions have adapted their rules to include these transactions, the Regional Government of Madrid remains inflexible, leaving thousands of drivers in an administrative limbo.

The problem: a deposit that breaks the payment date
According to complaints surfacing at dealerships, the Fundación de la Energía de la Comunidad de Madrid (Fenercom), the Madrid region's energy agency, is rejecting applications when the buyer made a deposit in 2024, even if the full payment and registration took place in 2025. The programme's rules do not state that a split payment disqualifies the grant, but Fenercom's technicians reportedly set their own criterion, going against the practice of other regions. On top of this, a Royal Decree that covered completed purchases was repealed in January 2025 by Sánchez's government, creating a retroactive effect that wipes out acquired rights.

The regional contrast: Madrid as the exception
While several regions have legislated to fix the mess —accepting transactions started in 2024— Madrid has not budged. The result is that buyers who formalised their purchase intent last year are left without the grant, creating an unequal playing field and a flood of complaints at dealerships. The sense of legal uncertainty is spreading: if a contract does not guarantee the subsidy, the risk of buying an electric car skyrockets.

Administrative misconduct?
The term has been circulating among those affected, who blame Fenercom for applying criteria not set out in the rules. Beyond the incivil accusation, the case exposes the limits of a grant system that penalises families' financial planning. With thousands of rejection notices already issued, the question hanging in the air is whether the Madrid region will change its stance or let bureaucratic chaos stifle electric vehicle uptake in Madrid.