Three birds with one stone? How the French bonus écologique supports zero-emissions mobility and domestic production, but could focus more on smaller vehicles - International Council on Clean Transportation

France's Bonus Écologique: A Model for EU's Zero-Emissions Mobility

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.

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