Whether it’s the first or the tenth, buying a car is not decided lightly. It is even one of those that the Pulsers engaged on the EDF Pulse & You co-ideation platform designated as “a moment of life”. And in those moments, a little help is sometimes welcome. If you’ve decided to go electric in 2023, here are a few things to note.
While the car market is in difficulty – down in 2022 by almost 8% compared to 2021 – the electric car is doing well. Even if we are far from what is happening in Norway, for example – where 80% of new vehicles sold in 2022 were electric — it reached a market share record. With more than one in ten registrations for a 100% electric car. And specialists expect historic growth for 2023.
Firstly because, as the President of the Republic announced at the Motor Show, the ecological bonus for the purchase of an electric car passed, on this 1is January 2023, from 6,000 to 7,000 euros. At least for the most modest households, “half of the French”. And provided that the price of the vehicle remains below 47,000 euros. These same households will also be able to benefit from an electric car rental at 100 euros per month from the second half of this year. This is one of the nudges you can debate on the EDF Pulse & You co-ideation platform right now. Aid that could encourage some to switch to electric mobility.
Did you know ?
For more than 5 years now, the platform of co-idéation EDF Pulse & You brings together business leaders, start-ups and individuals. They are more than 10,000 registered. And they have the common will to work to build a better future. On the platform, they exchange their experiences and thoughts on various topics.
You too are invited to participate to these future discussions. For this, it suffices to create an account. You can then post your ideas and vote for the best contributions. You will even have the possibility of winning one or the other of the rewards reserved for the most creative Pulsers like the loan of an electric car for 2 days!
Note that, on the other hand, the ecological bonus decreases for households “the wealthiest”, going from 6,000 to 5,000 euros. They also lose the benefit of the conversion bonus. While for the most modest, swapping their thermal vehicle for an electric car will now be rewarded not more than 5,000, but 6,000 euros. For those in an intermediate bracket, the conversion bonus becomes a function of the distance traveled each year with this vehicle for professional reasons. Between 2,500 and 6,000 euros.
The scale of the ecological penalty – an increase in the cost of the gray card –, for its part, is tightening a little more. Cars are now concerned from 123 grams of CO2 released per kilometer – against 128 gCO2/km last year again. The increase is then 50 euros, but it increases rapidly with each additional gram of CO2. © Sashkin, Adobe Stock
Tips for switching to an electric car
Other slightly more targeted boosts are intended for those who choose the electric car in 2023. An additional bonus of 1,000 euros on the purchase of such a vehicle, for example, for the inhabitants of a Low Mobility Emissions Zone (ZFE-m). Areas from which the most polluting cars are excluded. Areas still limited today, but which are expected to become much more numerous from 2025. Since all agglomerations of more than 150,000 inhabitants will have to create one.
And France could soon follow the path opened by other countries. Like those who offer free parking in the city center for electric cars. Or even discounts on toll rates.
There is also the thorny issue of charging stations. While the rise in electricity prices has begun to be passed on to tariffs by operators, deployment is still considered insufficient in France. Various aids for the installation of such infrastructures are planned by the Government. Individuals can thus benefit from a tax credit for the acquisition of a charging point at home. The managers of the motorway network, meanwhile, have promised that by the end of 2023, all motorway service areas will be equipped with at least one charging station.
In the meantime, it is also changes in habits that seem to want to be encouraged. In Lille, for example, an experiment has just been launched on the two main motorways serving the city. 5,000 volunteers pledged to prefer carpooling or public transport. Or at least, to shift their trips outside of peak hours. For each journey avoided, the metropolis promises them two euros – within the limit of 80 euros per month. The control will be carried out using automated cameras to read the plates. Maybe new ones “moments of life” to share on the plateforme EDF Pulse & You.
