Each unit of the Porsche Taycan costs US$55,000 to US$70,000 to import, with import duties amounting to US$13.6 million to US$16.2 million. The import of a Mercedes-Benz electric car costs approximately 15 million taka.
However, these cars sell for a lot more than their import cost.
In most cases, the dealers do not want to share any information about the buyers of luxury cars. They attribute their stance to their customers’ reluctance to make the identities and prices of the cars public. But he confirmed that all the buyers belong to the elite class.
Habib Ullah, President of Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) and Managing Director of Auto Museum Limited, imported the Porsche Taycan electric car.
In a conversation with Prothom Alo, he said that it is a positive point that the registration of electric cars started here, although the import started five years ago. He stressed the need for setting up charging stations in parking lots and ground floors of multi-storey buildings for electric cars.
Also, the authorities should give incentives as this will increase the use of eco-friendly cars and reduce pollution.