All that will remain for motorists who wish to buy a new electric vehicle are the ecological bonus and “social leasing” schemes, reserved for the most modest households.
Published on 15/11/2024 10:39
Updated on 15/11/2024 11:08
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Head to the scrapyard for the conversion bonus. The Ministry of the Economy confirmed, Thursday, November 14, the elimination in the 2025 draft budget of this assistance granted when purchasing a low-polluting vehicle in exchange for an old car. The government intends “focus on the ecological bonus”Bercy informed AFP, confirming information from BFM Business and Figaro.
The ecological bonus, currently 4,000 to 7,000 euros depending on income, “is maintained, a choice that some of our neighbors like Germany for example have not made”defends the ministry, describing this bonus as “main tool to support households in the decarbonization of their lifestyle and the development of the electric vehicle market”.
The most modest motorists who wish to purchase a new electric vehicle will also be able to continue to turn to “social leasing”. Bercy claims to be working “parallel” on the use of energy saving certificates “in order to continue to support households, particularly low-income households, in the rental of clean vehicles”.
The conversion bonus, which concerned vehicles registered before 2011 for diesel engines or before 2006 for gasoline engines, was distributed in exchange for the purchase of a low-polluting vehicle. The maximum amount of this bonus, already reserved for half of the least well-off households, had fallen in 2024 to settle between 1,500 and 5,000 euros, depending on the income of the tax household.
More than a million bonuses were distributed between 2018 and 2022, particularly to rural households, according to the Ministry of Ecology. The vehicles scrapped were 75% diesel and were 19 years old on average. The vehicles purchased were 70% new and 66% “zero emission” (electric or hydrogen).
