The European Commission's Small Affordable Cars initiative aims to make battery electric vehicles (BEVs) more affordable and strengthen the European automotive industry's international competitiveness.
France's score environnemental, a score assigned to vehicles based on production emissions, is a promising model for targeting incentives to smaller BEVs produced in Europe.
This concept can be fine-tuned to better support the adoption of smaller BEVs and models with low production emissions, serving as a model for other EU Member States.
The European Commission's recently announced Small Affordable Cars initiative is a welcome opportunity to make the transition to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) more affordable.
Authors: Marta Negri and Georg Bieker.
Author's summary: France's bonus écologique supports zero-emissions mobility.