Social Leasing: Who Is It For and When?
This page is translated from the original post "Le Leasing Social, pour qui et pour quand ?" in French.
- 29/10/2023 19:02
Less than a few days before revealing the exact conditions for financing and awarding the famous electric car for less than 100 euros per month.
To accelerate the green transition, President Emmanuel Macron had made the promise of a 100-euro-per-month electric car a campaign pledge. During the electoral period, free promises were common, and this car was supposed to be French, manufactured in France, and accessible to everyone. Once the harsh reality hit, what remains of these beautiful promises? The decrees setting the rules for this famous social leasing system allowing the modest to access electric vehicles for €100 a month, “will be published in the very near future.” It’s about time, and in the meantime, promises are made to open reservations starting in November. “In the coming days,” “from,” it’s hard to be more vague. And for deliveries? We’ll see later.
Ecology Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher states that one in two French households could potentially be eligible for the scheme. This seems very high, and at least likely exaggerated, as it would set a very high income ceiling. Imagining half of France driving shiny electric cars largely funded by the state is a sweet dream, nothing more. Ah, politicians are never disappointing.
The remaining question is about the choice of car or cars. Cheap, French, manufactured in France or Europe… There is the new Citroën ë-C3 introduced a week ago, but apart from that, it’s a desert. Dacias are made in China, Peugeots e208 are still too expensive, and Twingos are at the end of their life! Waiting for the upcoming Renault 5 makes it impossible to quickly find available cars.
After two years of waiting, be patient. Once again, these are just announcements. Meanwhile, manufacturers like MG and Dacia generously supplement the state by offering cars at 99 euros per month for more than six months. So why wait for the state to step in, when manufacturers are fully capable of doing it themselves? What the public dreams of, the private sector implements.
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