It was an expected measure, but it was slow to be confirmed. This Tuesday, July 1, the ecological bonus will increase, from 2,000 to 3,100 euros for a large majority of private buyers, spokesmen of the Ministries of the Economy and the ecological transition said this Friday, June 27, June 27 during a press point.
In income conditions (deciles from 1 to 5 and 6 to 8 depending on the composition of the home), the increase is less important, from 4,000 to 4,200 euros. In addition, the return of social lease, also confirmed for the beginning of the 2025 school year, should also allow homes with modest income to change to electricity.
With these measures, the Government wishes to reaffirm its desire to support the decarbonation and output of imported fossil fuels and electrify mobility as much as possible, which remain one of the main sources of CO2 emissions in France, emphasized the spokesmen of the Agnès Pannier-Runacher companies (ecological transition) and Marc Ferracci (industry).
Of a budget envelope in the EEC
The budget envelope of around 500 million euros sold out during the first six months of the year. Therefore, the Government has chosen to find another financing method for the main help to buy an electric car in France, including energy savings certificates (CEE). A system that forces energy suppliers to finance energy savings initiatives, such as housing isolation or industrial heat recovery, pouring homes and businesses, and partly reoriented to mobility since the beginning of this year.
Until now, for passenger cars, CEE only allowed additional help to ecological and quite reduced bonus, around 300 euros. On the other hand, it represented the return of a bonus for light utilitarian vehicles, which had not benefited since the late 2024.
While the dealers advance most of the time the bonus to customers and are responsible for recovering state aid, this change of source of financing should not be a problem, ensure that the ministries.
“The tip of the bonus bonus system is painless for the consumer, nothing will change in practice. For the manufacturer, it causes a channel change to achieve support, but the balancing will be accompanied to guarantee fluency,” also specified the press service of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
Identical criteria in eligible vehicles
The criteria will remain the same for this “new version” bonus. The 100% electric vehicle must be less than 47,000 euros and weigh less than 2.4 tons. The environmental score is destined, with rare exceptions, to cars produced in Europe.
While some countries such as Germany have arrested their program for a while to support electricity sales, with strong reductions in sales to the key, the French government wishes to maintain this ecological bonus despite budgetary restrictions.
Since 2020, Bercy has explained that it has contributed to the purchase of 850,000 electric vehicles and a total of 1.3 million low emissions, for almost 5 billion euros in public expenses.
Source: BFM TV
