Additional bonus of 1,000 euros for electric cars with European batteries, government announces

The government announced on Monday, September 8, an additional bonus of 1,000 euros for electric cars assembled with a European battery, with the aim of "supporting the purchase of electric vehicles by households and the transition of the automotive industry in Europe."

This "exceptional bonus" for the purchase of an electric vehicle "assembled in Europe with a European battery" available "from October 1st" is in addition to the ecological bonus in effect since July 1st "which can be up to 4,200 euros," specifies the press release from the Ministers of Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, and Industry, Marc Ferracci. "The list of eligible vehicles will be published on the Ademe [Ecological Transition Agency, editor's note] website in the coming days.

This is "to send a clear signal to car manufacturers to source their electric battery supplies from European factories," explains the office of the Minister of Industry. After sharp declines in recent years , and especially the abolition of the scrappage bonus , the ecological bonus for the purchase of an electric vehicle was increased on July 1, from 200 to 1,200 euros depending on income brackets, to reach aid of around 4,200 euros for the least wealthy households.

"The bonus announced today aims to encourage the relocation of the electric vehicle value chain and to support industrial employment on our continent," the press release continued, a few days before a meeting in Brussels on the future of the European automotive sector, weakened in particular by Chinese competition.