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France to pay its citizens $11,000 to upgrade to electric vehicles

Price is one of the main road blocks in the way of getting an electric car - changing your gas guzzler for a cleaner car can come at quite a cost.

Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei
January 14, 2016
in Environment, News
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Price is one of the main road blocks in the way of getting an electric car – changing your gas guzzler for a cleaner car can come at quite a cost. With that in mind, the French government launched a new initiative to financially compensate citizens who opt for electric cars.

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France has been experimenting with several ways to reduce pollution from urban cars. From paying people to bike and creating more bike lanes to banning cars one day a year in Paris, they’ve tried a lot of things. Now, the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy wants to try a different approach.

They’re especially targeting older cars, which are responsible for a disproportionate amount of emissions. The “conversion premium” is available to any citizen who wants to trade his old car for a new, electric vehicle. You can get up to €10,000 ($11,321.47 at today’s exchange rate) if a fully electric vehicle is selected, or up to €6,500 ($7,358.37) for a plug-in hybrid.

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Obviously, this is a step in the right direction, but it’s still a small step. The US also tried a similar program, though they only offered up to $7,500 per car. The US also only offered rewards for electric cars, neglecting hybrids.

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The move also comes after COP21, where an international agreement was reached to limit greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible, limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. France were a great supporter of the pact and they seem prepared to put their money where their mouth is.

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