Premium to automotive conversion and ecological bonus maintained until July

The conversion bonus for the purchase of a low polluting vehicle will be maintained up to 5,000 euros and the bonus for the purchase of electric or hybrid vehicles up to 6,000 euros, said the Minister of The ecological transition.

Le Monde with AFP

In the aftermath of Jean Castex announcements to offset the rise in the fuel price, the Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompilili, confirmed on FranceInfo, Friday, October 22, that “the premium to the conversion and the ecological bonus will be maintained at the same level” until 1 er July 2022.

The conversion premium for the purchase of a low polluting vehicle will thus be maintained up to 5,000 euros and the bonus for the purchase of electric or hybrid vehicles up to 6,000 euros, A-T- She specified.

860,000 premiums at the conversion

“We finance the transition to electric cars so that the full costs more than 10 euros. We must face in the short term but also to evolve our habits to no longer depend on these undehable oil and gas increases” , explained the minister, encouraging the French to come out of oil dependence, thanks to these two cumulative aids.

The ecological bonus had been strengthened up to 7,000 euros in the aftermath of the first confinement in March 2020 which resulted in a fall in vehicle sales. This bonus was then brought back to the current level of maximum 6,000 euros and had to be reduced again in 2022.

At present, 860,000 premiums for conversion and 430,000 ecological bonuses have already been distributed during the five-year, also clarified the Ministry of the Ecological Transition.

/Media reports.