France reforms the ecological premium to benefit European car manufacturers against the Chinese

• The French Government will tighten the conditions for granting public aid to electric cars
• Apply an environmental score linked to emissions from their materials and transport from January 2024
• They say that, with the new ecological premium, French models will be “more competitive than Chinese ones without aid”

France reacts to Chinese competition. A rivalry that they understand as disloyal. They understand this because of their lack of control over production and logistics processes, which ultimately mean that their cars do not achieve the environmental objective for which the purchase aids are designed.
The reaction will materialize through the reform of the ecological premium that provides financial aid for the purchase or long-term lease of a low-polluting vehicle in France, tightening the conditions of its concession.

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