the electric city car will have a great price thanks to the ecological bonus

Pleasant surprise: thanks to a new 5-seater variant, the Hyundai Inster is eligible for the ecological bonus. It could start at €21,000.

In a short press release, Hyundai “announces the arrival of a 5-seater version for the Inster”, its small 100% electric city car. But this news hides something much more important: the car will be entitled to the ecological bonus.

However, it was not a given, because the car is produced in South Korea. However, for a year now, to be eligible for the bonus, you have to pass the eco-score test. This is calculated from the carbon footprint of the production of the vehicle and its transport to France.

And to put it simply, getting the bonus if you don’t produce in Europe is almost mission impossible. However, as the eco-score is based on a complete formula, you can in certain cases succeed in getting the bonus, by gaining points on certain elements. The Mazda MX-30, assembled in Japan, proved this, aided by its small battery.

It was therefore by moving from 4 to 5 places that Inster was able to obtain the bonus, the additional place influenced the result of the eco-score by weighting the points of the calculation differently.

The 5 seater is at the price of the 4 seater. The access price thus remains at €25,000. Which can give €21,000 with the maximum bonus now set at €4,000 for French people whose reference tax income per share goes up to €16,300.

There is a small downside with the 5-seater version. We lose modularity since the bench is no longer sliding and the backrests no longer tilt.

The 4 seater does not have the bonus.

Also readReduction in the ecological bonus: everything that changes from December 2, 2024