This Thursday, May 11, Emmanuel Macron confirmed his desire to reduce aid to car manufacturers with a high carbon footprint. The ecological bonus is thus in the line of sight of the government, which will most likely review the contours of the law to encourage brands to produce in France.
We had seen him coming for several days. This week in particular, Le Figaro revealed that the government was thinking hard about reducing the eligibility window for its ecological bonus when buying an electric car. Objective: to stop granting aid supposed to promote the ecological transition to manufacturers with a heavy carbon footprint, namely mainly Chinese and American manufacturers.
Emmanuel Macron finally confirmed the thing in half words yesterday, during his speech on France’s reindustrialization projects, thus affirming his desire to ” target our aid on what is good for the climate and for Europe. » For the time being, this bill has yet to be clarified. But one thing is certain: foreign manufacturers will have to locate their production in France to regain access to the ecological bonus.
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Indeed, it’s a safe bet that the government is preparing to apply a carbon score to the automotive industry, in order to measure their CO2 emissions over the entire life cycle of the car. And from there, to define a threshold not to be exceeded to be eligible for the ecological bonus. So,“French taxpayers’ money should not help accelerate non-European industrialization”underlined Emmanuel Macron.
A statement that discreetly echoes Tesla’s sales figures, which exploded in the first quarter of 2023 in France after the manufacturer lowered its prices to fall below the eligibility threshold for the ecological bonus. Especially since the firm, like other foreign competitors, can sometimes benefit from a double subsidy depending on the regulations in force in their country.