Strengthening France's "Bonus Écologique"
The European Commission's Small Affordable Cars initiative aims to make the transition to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) more affordable and strengthen the European automotive industry's international competitiveness.
France's "score environnemental" is a promising model for targeting incentives to smaller BEVs produced in Europe, assigning a score to vehicles based on production emissions to determine eligibility for BEV subsidy programs.
The concept of France's score environnemental could serve as a model for promoting the adoption of small electric cars across the EU.
- The score is used to determine eligibility for BEV subsidy programs.
- It could be fine-tuned to better support the adoption of smaller BEVs and models with low production emissions.
Authors Marta Negri and Georg Bieker explore how strengthening France's "bonus écologique" could promote the adoption of small electric cars across the EU.
Author's summary: France's bonus supports zero-emissions mobility.