The National Government opened the call to import without tariff another 50 thousand electric and hybrid cars For 2026, when the importation of units for the quota tendered for this year has not yet ended.
As reported by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on Monday, “the models that will arrive in the country compete in all segments with traditional cars with an existing offer in the market, generating more variety of models and greater competition.”
What is sought, in addition to a modernization of the fleet with latest technology units, is to press with a greater offer in a segment, that of the cars, where prices are usually Up to 50% more expensive than in other countries in the region.
The new quota was enabled through resolution 377/2025 of Commerce, which depends on the Ministry of Economy and replicates the conditions of what is assigned for this year: 25,000 units may be tendered by “the termination companies based and with production in the Republic Argentina” and another 25,000 by companies (“legal persons”) without a factory in the country.
Vehicles have to be imported for a FOB price (tax free) of up to $ 16,000. So far, the units that entered under this regime are sold to the public (once the local taxes and the margin of commercialization of both the importer and the concessionaire) are applied with prices that range between the US $ 22,000 and US $ 32,000.
Technical, vehicles incorporate some form of alternative motorization to combustion, from completely vehicles electric (100% to battery), hybrids (combustion engine and electric motor), hybrids mild (Combustion engine and auxiliary electric motor), and plug -in hybrids (combustion engine and plug -in electric motor).
According to Comercio, it is expected from until January about 40,000 of these units corresponding to 50,000 of this year. And the agency also opened a waiting list “to import the vehicles of quota 2025 that are withdrawn or whose conditions have been breached by the original bidders.”
As for the new quota, “the first hybrid and electric vehicles of the so -called 2026 will be able to enter the country in the first days of January.” In this way, what is sought is to supply the local market without interruptions of about 100,000 electrified units that will compete in the lower price ranges on the market.
Keep in mind that the cheapest kilometer that is achieved in Argentina are models that start at 22 million pesos.
The most accessible units today are Renault Kwid MT ($ 22.1 million pesos, according to the October price list published by the Association of Automotive Concessionaires), Fiat Mobi ($ 24.1 million), Chevrolet Onix 1.0 (27.5 million pesos), Citroen C3 Feel manual ($ 27.8 million), Fiat Cronos GSE manual ($ 27.9 million), Toyota Yaris XS ($ 28.3 million) and Renault Logan Life Manual ($ 28.9 million).
Among mass electrified vehicles (there are also local brands that assemble electricity but at a lower scale), today the cheapest markets are the Renault Kwid eTech ($ 28.8 million) and BAIC Fashion ($ 22,800).
This week will be the commercial presentation of the Chinese brand BYD, which was established in Argentina as a automotive terminal, so it began to import its vehicles without the intermediation of local importers. There is expectation about this brand, which is The first in the world in electrified vehicles and that he already anticipated that he will bring to the country 7,000 units tendered with the quota of 2025, in both hybrid and 100% electric models.