Program for 2024 exhausted
Tens of thousands of French people lease electric cars for 100 euros a month
February 12, 2024, 2:56 p.m
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In the future, more electric cars will roll on Europe’s roads. To achieve this, countries use different strategies. France primarily subsidizes low-income earners – with success. In the future, 50,000 French people will drive an electric vehicle for 100 euros a month. But that shouldn’t come from everywhere.
More than 50,000 French people will be able to lease an electric car for 100 euros a month this year: The French subsidy program for low-income commuters has already reached more than twice as many people as originally planned, as the Élysée Palace announced. The program will therefore be discontinued for the current year and resumed next year.
“With this first wave we are exceeding our targets,” said an adviser to President Emmanuel Macron. The leasing cars are reserved for people with low incomes who travel more than 8,000 kilometers a year or live more than 15 kilometers from their place of work. With the program, Macron fulfilled one of his election promises.
With this offer, city cars can be leased for 100 euros per month, family cars for 150 euros. Added to this are insurance and maintenance. The contract runs for three years and can be extended once. The state finances each leasing with around 13,000 euros.
Only cars manufactured in Europe are eligible; in fact, most of them are produced by the Stellantis Group, which includes the brands Citroën, Fiat, Opel and Peugeot. “In order to reduce our CO2 emissions, we have to replace combustion cars with electric cars,” Macron emphasized when presenting the project.