The tax that affects new thermal cars that weigh more than 1.8 tons when purchased in the form of a sanction will “probably” be extended, by reducing this weight from the 2024 budget, the Minister of Transport, Clement Beaune, said this Sunday. . “From 1.8 tons”, new thermal cars are subject to a tax, the application threshold of which “will be gradually reduced and probably from the finance bill for 2024”, he declared during the “Grand Jury RTL- Le Figaro-LCI”. .
The weight of the cars “must be taken into account for ecological reasons”, recalled the minister. The heavier a vehicle is, the more materials it contains and the more energy it consumes to move, which increases its CO2 emissions and therefore global warming.
Cleaner electric vehicles are not affected
On the other hand, the increase in the penalty for heavy cars will not affect electric vehicles in 2024, which emit less CO2 than those equipped with internal combustion engines that run on fossil fuels.
“You have to be consistent,” said the minister. “On est dans une phase de transition, il faut qu’on developpe le véhicule électrique en France et en Europe”, et c’est “le sens de l’histoire de prendre en compte des critères de poids”, at-he he he says.
Source: BFM TV
