Initially postponed by six months, like the ecological bonus, the lowering of the triggering threshold for the conversion bonus will finally be effective on January 1, 2022. Only vehicles emitting up to 127 g / km of CO2 (instead of 132 g / km) will be eligible.
A dramatic turn for the 2022 conversion bonus. While the government had taken the decision to postpone the hardening of the ecological bonus and that of the conversion bonus to the 1er July 2022 due to the health crisis, the new premium threshold is finally brought forward to 1er January 2022. A last-minute turnaround, published in the Official Journal of December 30. It thus goes from 132 to 127 g / km of CO2 and concerns thermal vehicles and some hybrids. However, the amounts awarded do not change.
How it works ?
The conversion bonus is an aid paid to facilitate the purchase of a cleaner vehicle. To benefit from it, you must have a vehicle to be scrapped that has been yours for at least 1 year, registered in France, and not be pledged or declared damaged. It must have a Crit’Air 3, 4, 5 sticker or not be classified. Petrol models must have been registered before 1er January 2006 and diesels before 1er January 2011. Kilometers driven and income are taken into account in the calculation. Access to the conversion bonus is also possible with a LOA or LLD contract. There is a vehicle price cap which is set at:
- € 60,000 for electric cars and plug-in hybrids emitting less than 50 g / km of CO2
- € 50,000 for other vehicles
The amount of the premium varies between 1,500 and 5,000 € depending on the criteria. To see more clearly, you will find below a table to summarize.
The premium for conversion to 1er January 2022
| Categories of buyers | ||||
| Households with tax income per share <€ 6,300 or <€ 13,489 and “big rollers” * | Households with tax income per unit <€ 13,489 | Households with tax income per unit> € 13,489 | Moral people | |
| Vehicles eligible for the premium | Premium amount | |||
| New or used electric car | € 5,000 ** | € 2,500 | ||
| Electric retrofit of a thermal car | € 5,000 | € 2,500 | ||
| Plug-in hybrid car less than 50 g / km and more than 50 km of range | € 5,000 ** | € 2,500 | ||
| Thermal or hybrid car at 127 g / km maximum (137 g / km on occasion) | € 3,000 ** | € 1,500 | – | – |
| Electric utility vehicle | € 5,000 | € 5,000 | € 5,000 | € 5,000 |
* Person whose distance between his home and his place of work is greater than 30 km or who travels more than 12,000 km per year as part of his professional activity with his personal vehicle.
** Limited to 80% of the purchase price.
