In an interview with Les Echos on Sunday, on the eve of the launch of the Paris Motor Show, Emmanuel Macron said he wanted the transition to 100% electric vehicle production by 2035.
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“For the moment, France is not ready” to achieve the objective of a 100% French automotive sector, estimated Sunday October 16 on franceinfo Flavien Neuvy, economist and director of the Cételem observatory for cars. “But it’s an issue of industrial sovereignty and international competition, since the Chinese are 15 years ahead of us,” he adds, while Emmanuel Macron announced a series of measures in favor of electric cars in the newspaper Les Echos, on the eve of the launch of the Mondial de l’Auto in Paris.
The Head of State has notably set the objective of producing one million electric vehicles by 2027 in France, two million by 2030 and the transition to all-electric in 2035.
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The electric car remains more expensive than a thermal vehicle. The issue of affordability of its price is therefore “major” according to Flavien Neuvy. “Without the ecological bonus, which will increase by 1,000 euros next year for the most modest, no one would buy an electric car”,says the economist.
The most modest will also be able, from 2024, to start benefiting from a system of “leasing” to drive in an electric car at the rate of 100 euros per month. “It takes a little time because electric cars are much more expensive than thermal cars and 100 euros per month is a difficult equation to solve”, explains Flavien Neuvy. “It will certainly be necessary for the State to provide additional financial aid and for the device to be targeted in particular for the most modest people.”
In the midst of the fuel crisis, but also in the midst of soaring energy prices, the extension of the tariff shield to public charging stations “will reassure consumers in the short term”, also assures Flavien Neuvy. But the specialist still notes “some misunderstandings” for motorists. “On the one hand, we are talking about fuel shortages, difficulties in electricity production and at the same time we want more electric cars.”