Today, access to the 2025 car incentives depends almost entirely on residence inside a Functional Urban Area (FUA): if you live inside, you qualify; if you live outside, you don’t. This is a purely administrative filter that creates inequity (same needs, different treatment) and limited environmental impact: it ends up rewarding the address, not actual use. A resident in an FUA municipality can obtain the bonus even if the car sits in the garage, while those who commute every day—and actually generate emissions—are excluded.
My experience. I live in the province of Viterbo and drive about 80 km a day (40+40) for work. I truly use my car, yet I cannot access the bonus because my municipality is outside the FUA; paradoxically, Viterbo itself is still excluded in the 2011 FUA maps, despite being a commuting hub.
To align the scheme with its environmental purpose, I ask for a simple, budget-neutral fix:

• Update the FUA list to the most recent ISTAT data, so it reflects today’s travel patterns.
• Recognise a Commuter Certificate (and an itinerant-work certificate) as the primary— or at least an alternative—eligibility route to the incentive, rewarding people who actually travel every day (nurses, teachers, shift workers, sales agents, field technicians, students, etc.). Eligibility should be attested via self-declaration under Presidential Decree no. 445/2000, with random checks (e.g., minimum employment duration, INPS/Civil Registry cross-checks, criminal liability for false statements).

Why act now

• The NRRP (PNRR) decree targets 39,000 zero-emission vehicles by Q2 2026: to hit the target we must immediately correct the territorial criterion towards those making daily trips.
• ISTAT is finalising the FUA update (2021 data): we ask MASE to adopt the new maps promptly and, in parallel, to enable the Commuter Certificate right away so we don’t miss the next operational windows.
• The fix is budget-neutral (no change to amounts or categories) and can be implemented via a MASE FAQ/Circular with a clear transitional regime.