The other lines of the DPCM Automotive: social leasing, motorcycles, retrofit and charging (who they're really for)

When we analysed the €1.343 billion DPCM Automotive, the focus was on the line most relevant to fleets: the €180 million for N1/N2 commercial vehicles of SMEs. But that package also contains other mobility-incentive lines, which the headlines cite haphazardly and which have very different recipients.

It’s worth clarifying them, for two reasons: to understand what doesn’t concern fleets (and avoid waiting for the wrong measure), and because one of these lines, electric quadricycles, can matter to anyone doing urban deliveries. The LPG/methane retrofit, often read as help for commercial vehicles, in fact only covers passenger cars. Here are the other lines of the DPCM, one by one.

Social leasing: €50 million, but for individuals

The €50 million for social leasing is aimed at individuals, not businesses: the goal is to ease access to low-emission cars for less affluent groups. The DPCM actually calls it social rental: a new car (category M1, at least Euro 6 and no more than 135 g of CO2 per km) rented for at least 36 months by people with an ISEE household income indicator below €30,000 who scrap a car up to Euro 4 they have owned for at least 12 months. The Italian Automobile Club (ACI) runs it and has announced a rent of €100 a month; the application portal is still being set up.

For a transport or logistics company, then, this line isn’t the way: it doesn’t fund company vehicles. It’s useful to know so as not to confuse “social leasing”, a social measure for citizens, with the operating or financial lease through which a company acquires its vehicles (on which, if anything, the Nuova Sabatini acts).

Motorcycles, scooters and electric quadricycles: €90 million (and here the last mile fits)

The €90 million for electric or hybrid motorcycles, scooters and quadricycles is the line that may interest, at least in part, those doing urban logistics. Most of this budget looks at individual mobility, but electric quadricycles (the small four-wheeled vehicles for light transport) are a concrete tool for last-mile deliveries in cities: low-emission-zone access, easy parking, low running costs.

The DPCM doesn’t exclude businesses: it only leaves out companies that make or sell vehicles. The grant is 20% of the price up to €2,000, or 30% up to €3,000 if you scrap a Euro 0 to Euro 3 vehicle, and the new one must be kept for at least 12 months. It starts on 1 January 2027, with €25 million a year until 2029 and €15 million in 2030. Half the money is reserved for mopeds and motorcycles (categories L1e to L5e), so quadricycles can only draw on the other half. The operating instructions for 2027 aren’t on the Ecobonus portal yet. It’s one of the few “non-N1/N2” lines that may have an angle for those moving goods.

Home charging: €68 million for private charging points

The €68 million (through 2030) for home charging covers 80% of the cost of buying and installing a charger, up to €1,500 per person or €8,000 on the shared areas of a condominium. Only private individuals and condominiums can apply. A director’s decree of 11 September 2026 opened the window for 2026 installations on 22 September with €15 million; Invitalia, the agency running it, closed it early on 27 October once the money ran out. From 2027 to 2029 the line is worth €15 million a year, with a further €8 million in 2030.

For a fleet, the charging topic is real but different: it concerns depot or company infrastructure, which has its own logic, power ratings and costs, and rarely falls within a measure designed for home charging. Anyone planning fleet electrification should reason about company infrastructure separately, not counting on this line.

LPG/methane retrofit: €20 million, passenger cars only

The €20 million allocated through 2030 for LPG/methane retrofit funds the conversion of an existing vehicle to a gas powertrain, instead of buying a new one. It’s a different logic from all the others: you don’t renew the fleet, you convert it. And one common misunderstanding is worth clearing up straight away: the retrofit covered by this DPCM is LPG/methane only; electric conversion doesn’t fall under this measure, but under a separate framework.

The window opened on 29 July 2026 on the same Ecobonus platform, with €4 million for 2026, €5 million a year from 2027 to 2029 and €1 million in 2030. The grant is €400 for an LPG conversion and €800 for CNG. Individuals and companies can both claim it, but the DPCM limits it to passenger cars (category M1) type-approved Euro 3 or later: vans and trucks are out. For a business it only helps with company cars, and the funds are limited, so check the remaining capacity on the portal before acting.

What it means for those with a fleet

Put side by side, the lines give a transport or logistics company a clear picture:

• the line that concerns you most is the €180 million for N1/N2 commercials up to 7.2 tonnes, own-account or for hire: the 2026 tranche opened and sold out on 29 July within a few hours, and the next window is the 2027 one;
• the LPG/methane retrofit only covers passenger cars: it’s no route for the commercial fleet, at most for company cars;
• electric quadricycles (within the €90 million) may interest those doing urban last-mile, with a 2027 start;
• social rental and home charging are reserved for private individuals (and condominiums, for charging), and aren’t the channel for renewing company vehicles.

The concrete risk is reading “DPCM Automotive, €1.3 billion in incentives” and waiting for an opening that, for your situation, concerns only a slice of the package. To work out which slice you fall into, in 5 questions you can check which measure concerns your fleet. If you’d rather have the full picture, there’s the 2026 commercial vehicle incentives guide.

The bottom line

The DPCM Automotive is a heterogeneous package, and in early November 2026 its lines are at different stages: the €180 million for N1/N2 commercials has already seen the 2026 tranche open and sell out (next in 2027); the LPG/methane retrofit, for passenger cars only, opened on 29 July with limited funds; the 2026 home-charging window opened on 22 September and closed on 27 October; social rental is still waiting for its application portal, and the motorcycle-and-quadricycle bonus starts in 2027. For a fleet operator, the useful thing is to distinguish: work out which line actually concerns your situation and where it stands, and don’t confuse the social measures with the business ones.

As each line becomes operational, amounts and procedure arrive with their respective implementing decrees. Meanwhile, the work that matters (knowing which vehicles to renew and with what) is the same regardless of the line: a decision based on data and total cost of ownership, which a fleet management platform makes objective.

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