2024 Author: Eric Donovan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:13
France gives a bonus to buyers of a car with low emissions. German manufacturers are burdened by this.
The bonus when buying cars with low carbon dioxide emissions and the surcharge for “air pollutants” in France has resulted in customers buying more French small cars and fewer German sedans. France is now planning to ask owners of larger vehicles to pay up every year from 2009 onwards. A representative of the Environment Ministry told the newspaper “La Tribune” (Thursday).
Tires are also promoted
In addition, the bonus-malus system is to be extended to products such as tires. Paris could promote tires with low friction losses, it said. The French manufacturer Michelin sees this as an opportunity for its "Energy Saver" tire model. The project is not yet planned for 2009.
Since the beginning of the year, car buyers in France have had to pay up to 2600 euros extra when buying a car if the vehicle emits a lot of CO2. Conversely, the purchase of cars with low carbon dioxide emissions is subsidized by amounts of up to 1,000 euros. This has vigorously stimulated the sales of the PSA Peugeot-Citroën, Renault and Fiat groups and weighed on the sales of manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler and Audi. In upscale market segments, demand collapsed by more than a quarter. The system was supposed to be income-neutral for the state, but because of the market shift in the first five months it led to additional state spending of a good 86 million euros. (dpa)
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