In addition, the impressions gained by test drivers and hirers of LEVs are to be gathered by means of a questionnaire. Financial support can only be reduced if manufacturers lower their prices for these vehicles or if these prices can be lowered in some other way. Exemption from vehicle tax cuts running costs and makes LEVs slightly cheaper than conventional cars. But the effects of this measure should not be overestimated. It is not yet the case that all insurance companies offer attractive fully-comprehensive and other insurance premiums.
Some people believe that LEVs are susceptible to breakdowns.
The two guarantees are taken for granted, and are therefore not perceived as actual support measures. The other three measures are valuable services which are to be publicised more effectively in the second stage of the test. Free parking spaces and doubled times at car parks with limited parking periods, give LEV drivers certain privileges compared with drivers of conventional vehicles. Since there is not a severe shortage of parking spaces in Mendrisio, the doubling of parking times here has not been paid much attention. But in other towns, this measure could be of considerably greater significance.