2023-06-25 14:03:39
The heavier a vehicle is, the more materials it contains and the more energy it consumes to move, which increases its CO2 emissions and therefore global warming.
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Published on 06/25/2023 16:03
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Two cars in the streets of Lyon, May 18, 2023. (NICOLAS LIPONNE / HANS LUCAS / AFP)
The tax which affects new thermal cars weighing more than 1.8 tonnes on purchase in the form of a penalty will soon be extended. The threshold for applying this tax “will be lowered gradually and probably from the finance bill for 2024”, said Transport Minister Clément Beaune during the Grand Jury on RTL Le Figaro and 500
The weight of cars “must be taken into account for ecological reasons”, recalled the Minister. The heavier a vehicle is, the more materials it contains and the more energy it consumes to move, which increases its CO2 emissions and therefore global warming.
On the other hand, the increase in the penalty for heavy cars will not affect electric vehicles in 2024, which emit less CO2 than those equipped with internal combustion engines running on fossil fuels. “You have to be consistent,” said the minister. “We are in a transition phase, we need to develop the electric vehicle in France and in Europe”, and it’s “the sense of history to take weight criteria into account”, he said.
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