Like the ecological bonus, the conversion bonus will wait a little longer than expected to become less generous. The government has just confirmed that the current scale will be extended until June 30, 2022, thus offering a suspension to certain thermal models emitting more than 127 g / km of CO2.
The ecological bonus was not the only one to have become less generous in January 2022. A turn of the screw was also planned for the conversion bonus. If the amounts awarded should not normally change, the number of eligible models would be reduced. A change only programmed for combustion vehicles and some hybrids, with a CO emission threshold2 lowered from 132 to 127 g / km. But as for the bonus, the government has just announced that this hardening would be postponed by six months. It was the Minister of Ecology, Barbara Pompili, who was responsible for confirming this at the microphone of France Info. The current scale will thus be kept until June 30, 2022. Knowing that, for these two aids, it is always the order date that takes precedence: you will then have at least three months to have your new acquisition delivered to you, or even six months if the semiconductor crisis were to occur. continue.
A hardening that would have fallen badly
This crisis, which is severely affecting the automotive industry in the second half of 2021, is also one of the elements that motivated the government’s decision. The increase in fuel prices must also have weighed in the equation, especially since the new “inflation allowance” of € 100 which was announced by Jean Castex is far from unanimous. The timing is therefore really not optimal to reduce aid that may allow some French people to buy a more fuel-efficient vehicle or to abandon fossil fuels. Recall, in fact, that the conversion premium can go up to € 5,000 for the purchase of an electric or plug-in hybrid car. Finally, even if this will obviously never be mentioned, the approach of the presidential election is undoubtedly not unrelated to this sudden generosity towards motorists.
The 2022 conversion bonus scale
| Categories of buyers | ||||
| Households with tax income per share <€ 6,300 or <€ 13,489 and “big wheelers” * | Households with tax income per share <€ 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 132 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.
*** 127 g / km from July 1, 2022
