The government must confirm the renewal of the carpooling bonus initially announced for one year on January 1, 2023. Motorists should benefit from it again in 2024, but under certain conditions. We tell you everything!
One year ago today, the government announced the establishment of a carpooling bonus For reduce workers’ carbon footprint. The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion wanted to anchor the measure in its desire to make “reduce individual car use” Who “is part of the objective of decarbonization of cars by 2050 with the end of thermal cars from 2035”. Thus, all motorists registered on a daily carpooling platform for regular journeys of less than 80 kilometers (from ten trips) could claim to receive a check for 100 euros. The Parisian confirms today that the carpooling bonus will be renewed until January 1, 2024.
The announcement has not yet been made officially, but our colleagues assure that “the government wants to pass the second on everyday carpooling”, based on encouraging figures. In fact, this bonus would have made it possible to “double the number of daily trips in the space of a year”to know “50,000 all platforms combined”we specify.
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Only short-distance journeys are affected
You would think that once the check was cashed, some workers would have given up on carpooling. But that’s not the case. “Everyone feared a windfall effect. But statistics show that the majority of individuals continue to carpool after having touched it“underlines one of the carpooling players to the Parisian. Already this summer, the government published an initial assessment of its large-scale plan in favor of carpooling, affirming that “more than 5.1 million carpool trips” had been “recorded by all platforms”while stipulating that this had “permit toavoid nearly 25,000 tonnes of CO2 and D’save the equivalent of 7.7 million liters of oil“ (Ministry of Ecological Transition).
While there are other measures in favor of carpooling, such as Sustainable mobility package which allows you to obtain up to 800 euros per year exempt from income tax, the government is nevertheless taking its foot off the subject of long-distance journeys. In fact, the carpooling bonus did not only concern so-called short-distance journeys (equal to or less than 80 kilometers), but also longer journeys, beyond 80 kilometers. “The government is changing its position and believes that everyday carpooling must be prioritized above all”we explain, to affirm that “the 100 euro bonus for long-distance carpooling will not be renewed and will end on December 31″.
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