Driving Will Be More Expensive in 2025: Price Increases for Fuel, CO2 Tax, and Vignette

The highway vignette, which is sea green this year, will become more expensive in 2025. The price will therefore be increased by 7.7 percent and will thus cost 103.80 Euros. Like all toll revenues, the proceeds from the sale of vignettes will also be reinvested in operation, construction, maintenance, and traffic safety in the 2,265-kilometer Austrian motorway and expressway network, assured Asfinag.

CO2 Tax Increases in 2025 and Raises Fuel Prices

But driving itself will also become more expensive in 2025, as the CO2 tax in Austria is scheduled to increase further. From January 2025, the CO2 price will then rise from the current 45 Euros to 55 Euros per tonne. As a countermeasure, the climate bonus will be increased.

In addition, there will again be increases in the standard consumption tax (NoVA) and the motor-related insurance tax (mVSt). The mVSt will increase by about 35 Euros annually for almost all new registrations, while the NoVA depends on the CO2 values in the vehicle documents.

Renovation of the Lueg Bridge on the Brenner Motorway

From the beginning of 2025, the comprehensive renovation of the Luegbrücke on the Tyrolean Brenner motorway (A13) will begin. During the construction work, traffic will be predominantly single-lane in both directions, which can lead to significant traffic disruptions. However, two-lane traffic was recently announced for around 170 days a year. The motorway operator Asfinag, in cooperation with the state of Tyrol, also prepared further measures to minimise the impact on traffic. For example, an additional 15 truck driving ban days were also planned.

Commissioning of the Koralmbahn planned for 2025

For the railway, a never-ending story should come to a happy end in 2025: In December, the ÖBB have the commissioning of the Koralmbahn on the program - after a construction period of 24 years. The high-performance route between Graz and Klagenfurt is part of the new Südbahn route. 50 of the 130 kilometers of the new railway run in tunnels, 33 of them in the heart of the route, the Koralmtunnel. The travel time between Graz and Klagenfurt should fall to 45 minutes for fast connections.

Climate ticket will be more expensive in 2025

The climate ticket will also become more expensive from January 1, 2025. According to the Ministry of the Environment, the price for the annual ticket will rise from 1,095 euros to 1,179.30 euros. This corresponds to an increase of 7.7 percent.

(APA/Red)

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