2023-10-06 09:54:00
According to a study, low-income households are not convinced by the social leasing system, which promises a new electric car for €100 per month.
AramisAuto, number 1 in online car sales in France, revealed the results of its new barometer “Modest households and the car”. The Opinionway institute surveyed 1,000 motorists, with an average household income of €2,525 per month.
These households therefore have a limited budget for the car. On average, according to the study, it is €262 per month, down in one year (€273 in 2022). Obviously, for them, the electric car is not a popular purchasing project. Only 1 in 10 households would be willing to buy an electric car today.
Nearly three-quarters (72%) highlight the financial barrier. Hence Emmanuel Macron’s idea of setting up social leasing, which would allow people to have an electric car for €100 per month. But the measure is coolly received. More than half of low-income households (54%) confirm that this social leasing would not be enough to convince them to take the plunge.
It must be said that the score is driven by the lack of information around this system, because 70% of respondents think, for example, that they will simply not be able to benefit from it. According to the latest news, this should nevertheless be the case, because social leasing must be open to half of French people, therefore on the side of the most modest.
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When purchasing a new car, low-income households would therefore rather turn to a thermal model. Moreover, 79% of respondents think that state aid should not only concern the purchase of electric vehicles. Which is not the case all the same, since the scrappage bonus is open to Crit’Air 1 thermal cars. Moreover, 74% say they are lost in the jungle of aid. Incidentally, 60% believe “that it is not up to the public authorities to subsidize the acquisition of SUVs or luxury sedans or even electric vehicles”.
Unsurprisingly, with a more constrained budget, low-income households also have their heads turned more towards the opportunity. But one aspect of the study is interesting: almost half of low-income households say they are ready to buy models from Chinese manufacturers (48%), seen as more affordable. Even if at the same time, 70% believe that buying a Chinese brand vehicle represents a threat for European and French automobile brands, and 68% an aberration for the planet and employment in France.
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