Inaugurated in 2023, the bonus of 100 euros intended for drivers who agree to carpool will be renewed next year. However, it will be reserved for daily journeys (less than 80 km).
Have you gotten into the habit of sharing your car to get to your place of work, study or leisure every day? Since this year, you have the right to financial boost. As part of a 150 million euro plan intended to develop the use of carpooling, the government created at the end of 2022 a bonus of 100 euros destination of the French who play the game.
Good news! This bonus will be renewed in 2024, the government announced today. It is triggered in two stages. The sum of 25 euros is paid to the driver after the first carpooling journey recorded on one of the specialized online platforms, such as BlaBlaCar or Star’t. A second payment of 75 euros falls after the tenth journey.
BlaBlaCar, Star’t… The new bonus of 100 euros for carpooling is a hit
The premium intended for long-distance journeys eliminates
This premium will only be directed towards daily journeys, those of less than 80 km. This year, the system was completed by a second bonus of 100 euros, which can be combined with the previous one and intended for carpooling travelers, those who agree to share their car for at least 3 long-distance journeys per year. It will disappear next year. In 2023, it represented half of the bonuses paid.
The long-distance habit is there, the plan has achieved its objective, estimated the office of the Minister of Transport, Clment Beaune. Over these long distances, carpooling already represents up to 3% of journeys, compared to 0.01% of daily journeys, according to the Blablacar platform.
The objective of the carpooling plan is to reach three million daily journeys by 2027, compared to 900,000 currently. This collective leap would allow France to avoid 1% of its greenhouse gas emissions, according to government calculations.