E-bike bonus: decree to be signed soon!

After electric motorcycles and scooters, e-bikes are about to get their bonus. An executive order will be signed establishing the € 200 bonus.

E-Bike Bonus Coming Soon! According to Pierre Sern, President of Club des Villes & Territoires cyclables, a government subsidy for the purchase of an electric bike will soon become a reality.

Announcing a bonus on electric scooters and motorcycles, the Club protested, pointing a finger at the curb of the little electric queen.

« At the end of 2016, the State created a €1000 premium for electric mopeds that were not subject to any prior assessment and rejected the VAE, the impact of the regime change, of which almost half of the production is underway. in France, unlike mopeds” denounced the President of the Club during his 2017 vows. “But the Minister of the Environment has just announced that the regulation regarding the €200 bonus for the purchase of VAE is ready and that it must be signed by the Prime Minister! ” He added.

Term to be confirmed

While the introduction of the Electric Bike Bonus is obviously great news for the entire industry, it remains to clarify the conditions for applying this assistance.

With regard to electric vehicles, will the € 200 amount correspond to a percentage of the price of a bicycle or be closer to the one recently created for electric motorcycles and scooters, with the amount applied depending on the amount of energy on board and only for models with lithium batteries. Nothing is specified at the moment. The case should be continued ...