the ecological bonus seriously reduced

The government has decided: the new ecological bonus, the objective of which is to encourage the purchase of an electric vehicle, will suffer a serious blow. It will go from 4000 to 3000 euros without income conditions. The reduction in the subsidy will be much more severe for low-income households. The latter would benefit from aid of 7,000 euros in 2024. It goes to 4000 euros. The implementing decree « with immediate effect » is expected any day now. Furthermore, unlike the terms of previous ecological bonuses, the “window” of the 2025 version will be closed as soon as the dedicated envelope is spent, indicates the government. This will avoid chronic budget overruns in aid for the purchase of electric vehicles.

if Michel Barnier's government has promised to devote 1 billion to the acquisition of electric vehicles in 2025 via social leasing and the ecological bonus, it will only really have 700 million in its pocket

Indeed, if Michel Barnier's government has promised to devote 1 billion to the acquisition of electric vehicles in 2025 via social leasing and the ecological bonus, it will only really have 700 million in its pocket, 300 million of excess having been recorded on the one and a half billion euros of the 2024 budget. This is due, in particular, to the success of costly social leasing, the 2025 version of which will come into force at a later stage. To reach the billion mark, the government is counting on the use of energy saving certificates« a mechanism encouraging energy suppliers to finance energy sobriety actions, indicates Bercy, in order to continue to support households, particularly low-income ones, in the rental of clean vehicles ».