More than 90,000 people requested to take advantage of electric cars at 100 euros per month for city cars and 150 euros for family cars (excluding insurance and maintenance) as part of this rental system with an option to purchase at the end of January. (LOA) was launched in December, reserved for the moment for the most modest French people and heavy rollers.
“Today, there is a lot of demand and we don’t have enough products produced in France. This means that French manufacturers must speed up or commit to doing so,” declared Roland Lescure in the Dimanche en Politique program on France 3.
Only vehicles made in France or Europe are eligible.
Asked if the state was willing to finance “50,000 cars” instead of 25,000, Roland Lescure replied “we will do it, but we will do it while ensuring good speed”, as the goal is not the electrification of the French automobile fleet. Cars “Made in China”.
Faced with strong demand, Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Bechu assured in January that the government was “working” with car manufacturers to see “we can make 30, 35, 40,000 vehicles instead of 25,000”.
According to Roland Lescure on Sunday, “we may have to wait a little longer” because the system is “a victim of its success”. “It’s going a little faster than we thought. We’ll probably slow down a little bit, give ourselves time to Frenchize, and then accelerate, accelerate, accelerate…” “The end of the year or the beginning of next year, I Will come back and tell you,” he added.
The French manufacturer is set to launch several electric models like the Renault 5 in the coming months.
This “social lease” is currently reserved for French people with a reference tax income of less than 15,400 euros, who drive more than 8,000 km per year or live more than 15 km from their workplace. With no initial contribution, rent is planned for three years, renewable once. The state finances each rental up to a maximum of 13,000 euros.
