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Have sticker issued for electrically powered vehicles from abroad
Service Description
Your electrically powered vehicle such as a
- Battery electric vehicle;
- fuel cell vehicle or
- rechargeable hybrid electric vehicle
requires an E-plate to participate in road traffic, even if it comes from abroad.
You must apply for the sticker at the responsible office and it will be issued to you by the registration authority. You must then affix the sticker to the rear of your vehicle.
Process flow
You must apply for the so-called E-Plate at the responsible registration authority.
The authority will enter your vehicle's license plate number in the space provided using a lightfast pen and issue you with the E-Plate.
You then only have to attach the E-plate to the rear of the vehicle so that it is clearly visible.
Who should I contact?
You can contact any licensing authority.
Competent authority
Admission authority
Requirements
- no marking for electrically driven vehicles by the state of origin
- vehicle of the vehicle classes M1, N1, N2 (but only up to a total weight of max. 4250 kg) as well as L3e, L4e, L5e, L7e
- alternative drive or energy source
Which documents are required?
- the registration certificate part I
- the certificate of conformity or
- any other document suitable as proof.
What are the fees?
The fee is charged in accordance with the Fee Regulations for Road Traffic Measures (GebOSt).
Information can be obtained from the vehicle registration authority in individual cases.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You will not be able to use the benefits until you put the sticker on your car.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
License plates issued abroad for electrically powered vehicles are equivalent to domestic license plates or stickers for electrically powered vehicles.
Preferential rights for users of the vehicles are possible, for example
- for parking on public streets or roads, or with regard to charges for parking there,
- in the use of public streets or roads or parts thereof designated for special purposes,
- by allowing exceptions to access restrictions or prohibitions of passage.
However, the corresponding privileges only apply if they are appropriately signposted or ordered.
A fine particulate sticker is also required for vehicles with a so-called E sticker or foreign E license plate in order to drive through the low emission zone.
As a rule, this is for pollutant group 4/green.
The vehicles of the vehicle class L - motorcycles are excluded.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
09.09.2021;26.06.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
