France will pay its citizens at € 10,000 for switching to electric cars


    Yes, the owner of such a car will be able to get € 10,000 if he declares his desire to purchase an electric car.

    In France, the government decided to use all the methods that allow updating the existing fleet of citizens, significantly increasing the share of electric cars and hybrids. Now they are considering a new initiative that involves financial assistance to car owners 13 years of age or more, when buying an electric car or hybrid. The initiative comes from the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.

    According to officials, old cars are a source of a significant amount of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. Their “contribution” to air pollution is much higher than the share of newer cars whose engines were manufactured according to modern specifications. If you want to replace your car with a newer one, the owner of the old car will receive compensation in the amount of up to € 10,000 if you plan to buy an electric car, and about € 6,500 if you plan to buy a hybrid.



    Compensation is also provided for those motorists who are not ready to refuse cars with ICE. If the owner of an old car buys a car that complies with the Euro 6 standard and emits no more than 110 grams of CO2 per km into the atmosphere, then he will be given 500 euros.

    Air pollution in France, especially in large cities, is indeed a major problem. The matter has gone so far that in some regions the authorities pay those citizens who travel by bicycle. But an ordinary car, in terms of environmental pollution, is bad, and an old car with an internal combustion engine is generally terrible. No matter how the car was looked after, its engine was created according to old standards, which did not provide for emission limits to the extent that it is happening now. Accordingly, it makes sense to replace such cars in the first place, and then pay attention to newer vehicles with internal combustion engines.

    If the current campaign is successful, then the government is likely to expand this initiative by lowering the age limit for cars.

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