Today, France has revealed its list of electric vehicles now eligible for federal tax incentives of up to €7,000. EVs made in China – including Tesla’s Model 3 and the Dacia Spring, the cheapest EV on the market – didn’t make the cut.

French president Emmanuel Macron already unveiled new incentives to sway buyers away from Chinese models toward French and European ones, including a new €100 per month leasing scheme for EU-made electric cars, with those details announced today. The French government also announced a big rollout of cash incentives for first-time EV buyers, as long as they bought cars made in the EU.

  • Lemonyoda@feddit.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Its interesting to watch how the different approaches Turn Out. Germany just now massivly cut back in EV incentives. Its huge Car corporations are already struggling in the EV Market and especially in China.

    With french Companies offering a Car in the 20k€ range, German manufacturers fall even further behind.

    Meanwhile Germany still bets in selling traditional Cars in the shrinking Chinese Market…

    • crispy_kilt@feddit.deEnglish
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      9 months ago

      With french Companies offering a Car in the 20k€ range

      With a battery rental in the order of 80 € per month on top. It’s easy to offer a cheap car if the most expensive component isn’t sold along with it.

      • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
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        9 months ago

        True, but that don’t seems to be a bad idea after all: it make the car less expensive when you buy it so maybe more people could afford one and currently for that montly price you will not even do one full tank of fuel here.

        • crispy_kilt@feddit.deEnglish
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          9 months ago

          It is a good idea. I just don’t like being forced to rent it. I want to buy a car so that it is mine, but the French don’t offer that.

  • SitD@feddit.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    cool, national politics always going 110% because dimwits just get super wet from it, meanwhile all countries’ car manufacturers are spiraling into an unsolvable repairability nightmare. i literally don’t care if I’m going to drive french or Chinese e-waste. i hope i didn’t care that others of my species had brain rot but we see here that it still gets to me. 😔

  • sergih@feddit.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    100€ a month for ppl that can afford to buy an ev while most ppl drive a 20 year old car that is falling apart bc ppl can’t afford a new one seems like is not really helping the people thay need help

    • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      9 months ago

      So I wasn’t sure which one of us misunderstood so I went to read on the French page, and it is indeed a scheme where people with low income can lease the car for 100€ per month, as in that’s what they’ll have to pay per month, rather than a discount on the price of a normal lease.