2023-09-27 13:43:00
From next year, the State is likely to no longer subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles manufactured outside Europe. This is what our colleagues at Survoltés indicate, who report that the government has slightly modified the decree governing the granting of the ecological bonus of €5,000. A bonus granted, until now, to all electric vehicles sold for less than €47,000, and whose weight is less than 2.4 tonnes.
This change would exclude, in the medium term, certain popular models currently eligible for the bonus, such as the Dacia Spring and the MG4 (manufactured in China), or the Tesla Model 3 (manufactured in the United States and China).
An environmental score calculated in a subtle way
In detail, over the months the State has established fairly subtle rules to determine whether or not a new electric vehicle is eligible for the ecological bonus. Beyond the two conditions mentioned above, other criteria come into play. Firstly, the quantity of CO2 emitted during the manufacture of the battery (taking into account the energy mix in force in the country of production), but also the recyclability of the car’s components.
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An environmental score out of 100 is then assigned to each electric vehicle marketed in France, while an index of 60/100 constitutes the minimum required to be eligible for the €5,000 bonus.
However, and this is where there should be a change, battery technology and their chemistry were taken into account to establish the final score of each vehicle. A measure which allowed certain cars manufactured in China to boost their score. How ? By exploiting a small flaw in the system linked to the variation in values between each producing country. This scenario allowed China to slip through the cracks, at least in certain cases… and until now.
We learn that the new version of the decree will no longer take into account the details of the different battery technologies. In order to simplify the calculation of scores, it is now NMC811 technology (composed of 80% nickel, 10% manganese and 10% cobalt) which serves as a reference, our colleagues explain. The breakdown of countries remains unchanged, but this small change risks indirectly excluding Chinese-made vehicles, very often equipped with LFP (lithium, iron and phosphate) batteries, although they have less impact in terms of carbon footprint.
A choice above all political, even if electric vehicles manufactured in China will nevertheless retain a small chance of benefiting from the ecological bonus. Excluded brands will be able to appeal this decision to Ademe. They will then have to prove that their factory is powered by low-carbon energy.
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