The ecological bonus paid for the purchase of an electric or hybrid car will be maintained at a maximum of 6,000 euros beyond July 1, said the daily Les Echos on Tuesday, stressing that a decree on the subject is in preparation.

This premium intended to encourage the sales of new vehicles with low greenhouse gas emissions, which warm the atmosphere, had risen to 7,000 euros the day after the first confinement in March 2020, before being fixed at 6,000 euros.

Aid that should have been reduced

The aid “was to drop from 1,000 euros to 5,000 euros on July 1.

In the end, nothing will happen,” the newspaper said, citing “the government” as a source.

At Bercy, Tuesday evening, it is confirmed that a decree on the subject is in preparation, without confirming or denying the information and the amount itself.

Nevertheless, on March 14, during the presidential campaign, Bruno Le Maire himself had indicated that he wanted to maintain the level of this aid at 6,000 euros, during a day organized by the automotive profession with the presidential candidates. Gaveau in Paris.

End fossil fuels

The ecological bonus is "limited in time", recalled the Minister of the Economy.

“Do we have to keep it longer?

My conviction is that yes, ”he said in front of an audience of automobile manufacturers.

“The only long-term solution is to disengage from dependence on fossil fuels.

It would seem surprising, when we are going to ask the French to go towards more vehicles with low emissions, or even no emissions at all, to tell them + we are going to withdraw the bonus which allows you to buy electric vehicles +”, had he then declared.

A rise in the hybrid market

Last year, the market share of hybrid vehicles rose to 25.8% (+11 points) in France and that of electric vehicles to 9.8% (+3.1 points), while diesel vehicles saw their share fall by 9.5 points compared to the previous year, to 21.1%.

Last year, the market share of hybrid vehicles rose to 25.8% (+11 points) in France and that of electric vehicles to 9.8% (+3.1 points), while diesel vehicles saw their share fall by 9.5 points compared to the previous year, to 21.1%.

Planet

Electric car: Wattpark, the French startup that dreams of becoming the Airbnb of the charging station

Automotive

Nissan Juke Hybrid test: As gifted as its cousin

  • World

  • Planet

  • Electric car

  • Hybrid cars

  • Energetic transition