Automakers ready to become "clean" in 2040
AFP published the 06 July. 2017
The automakers say they are ready to take up the challenge of ending diesel and gasoline cars in France by 2040 but are counting on the state to support this change, by helping, for example, the deployment of recharging points for electric vehicles.
"It's very positive. French manufacturers are already in this dynamic of electrification" of their vehicles, assures the director of communication of the Committee of French automakers (CCFA), François Roudier. The electric car at 20 euros, "we're getting there, but it's a hell of a technical challenge," he said.
The Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Nicolas Hulot, promised Thursday that no more diesel or gasoline cars would be sold in France by 2040, a "heavy" objective, especially for manufacturers. "Our own (automobile) manufacturers have in their boxes what to feed and embody this promise," he said.
Renault has recently almost doubled the range of its Zoe, from 240 to 400 kilometers. For its part, PSA has promised that 80% of its models will be available in electric drive by 2023, and must release, between 2019 and 2021, 5 electric models and 7 hybrid models. The trajectory set for 2040 responds to the "notion of investment in manufacturers' production chains, to guide their investments", comments Marie Castelli, secretary general of the National Association for the development of electric mobility (Avere-France) .
"We have visibility needs. (...) It is very important to invest or divest," adds Joël Pédessac, general manager of the French Committee of Butane and Propane (CFBP), a professional organization in the gas industry. liquefied petroleum (LPG). This announcement "is above all a message to manufacturers, to tell them" get moving "," he believes. The bar of 100 electric vehicles in circulation in France was passed this year, whereas there were only 000 in 980. On the LPG side, the fleet is 2010 vehicles.
16 000 charging points
Professionals in the sector nevertheless insist on the need for support from the public authorities for infrastructure development, and in particular for the deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles. "We must have the capacity to recharge an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle as well as a gasoline or diesel vehicle," insists François Roudier. For manufacturers, if the transition to clean vehicles "does not succeed, it will not be a technical problem with us, but a problem in supporting the infrastructure. People will not buy electrics because they are cannot be recharged ".
France has nearly 5 300 electric charging stations open to the public, which is close to 16 000 charging points. There are also 62 000 points installed in corporate sites, and 44 000 at home. Nicolas Hulot also proposed the creation of a bonus, the amount of which has not been specified, to help poor households acquire new, cleaner or used vehicles by scrapping a diesel vehicle. before 1997 or 2001 before petrol.
A "good device", according to Marie Castelli, who believes, however, that "if we really want to encourage the reconversion of the fleet, the cursor is placed too low at the level of the age of eligible vehicles". For her, it is essential that this premium apply to the purchase of a used electric vehicle.
The first Renault Zoe (2012 release) and Nissan Leaf (2011) begin to be offered second hand, at the rate of 500 units per month, a number that tripled in three years. The Avere-France recorded 4 000 transactions in France last year, 0,07% of 5,6 million used cars.
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