Eco bonus for a car
Verified 01 July 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Eco-bonus for a new passenger car: stop the scheme and continue the aid via the EWC scheme from 1 July 2025
Aid, known as an ecological bonus for passenger cars new, is deleted for passenger cars ordered from 1er July 2025. That is the provision of the decree no. 2025-606 of 30 june 2025 on aid for the purchase or rental of low-emission vehicles.
However, financial assistance continues in the form of energy savings certificates (EWCs) via the standardized information sheet for the acquisition or rental of a new light electric vehicle (TRA-EQ-117).
Order of 27 June 2025 sets the income limits for eligible households, and creates a improvement aid valid until 31 December 2025 inclusive for new light vehicles of category M1 satisfying certain conditions:
- the cost of acquiring the vehicle must be less than or equal to € 47 000 TTC: titleContent (including, if necessary, the cost of acquiring or renting the battery),
- the mass in running order of the vehicle shall be less than 2 400 kg.
A page will soon be available on the support through the UNECE scheme for the purchase or rental of a new light electric vehicle.
The aid, known as the ecological bonus for new passenger cars, is abolished for cars ordered from 1er July 2025.
However, rules prior to 1er july 2025 remain applicable to a new vehicle ordered or whose rental contract was signed at the latest on 30 june 2025 inclusive, provided that its invoicing, or the payment of the first rent in case of rental, intervenes no later than 30 September 2025 inclusive.
Please note
Applications for aid must be made no later than 6 months according to the date of billing of the vehicle. In the case of a lease, the request must be made no later than 6 months following the date of payment of the first rent.
To benefit from the ecological bonus, you must be major and resident in France.
The vehicle shall meet all of the following conditions:
- To be a vehicle of category M1 (type VP)
- Be purchased, or leased under a contract of 2 years or more
- Being a vehicle nine (1re vehicle registration)
- Be registered in France in a definitive series
- Not to be sold within one year of the invoice or remittance date of 1er rent, nor before having traveled at least 6,000 km.
- Use electricity, hydrogen or a combination of 2 as an exclusive source of energy
- The acquisition cost must be Not more than € 47 000 TTC: titleContent, including, if necessary, the cost of acquiring or leasing the battery.
- The mass in running order must be less than 2 400 kg
- The environmental score must be 60 points or more
You can consult online the list of vehicles that have obtained this score.
The aid shall be paid at most once per person every 3 years.
If you give in the vehicle before the minimum delay or before having traveled the minimum distance, you will have to alert the driverASP: titleContent or the dealer who has advanced the aid to you, and to repay the aid within 3 months of the transfer.
If the aid has been paid for a lease and the duration of the lease is increased to less than 2 years after its signature, the refund shall take place within 3 months of the modification of the contract.
One legal person is not eligible the ecological bonus for a private car.
The amount of aid depends on your reference tax income.
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Your reference tax income is less than or equal to €16,300
2022 benchmark tax revenue if the date of the vehicle's billing, or payment of 1er rent in case of rental, intervenes in 2024. Check out your 2023 tax notice.
2023 benchmark tax revenue if the date of the vehicle's billing, or payment of 1er rent in case of rental, intervenes in 2025. Check out your 2024 tax notice.
The ecological bonus is set at 27% of the acquisition cost TTC: titleContent of the vehicle up to €4,000.
The cost of acquisition TTC: titleContent of the vehicle is increased, if necessary, by the cost of the rented battery.
The amount of the aid shall be increased by €1000 if you live in overseas provided that you are traveling with the new vehicle for 6 months or more following its acquisition.
Your reference tax income is above €16,300 and below or equal to €26,200
2022 benchmark tax revenue if the date of the vehicle's billing, or payment of 1er rent in case of rental, intervenes in 2024. Check out your 2023 tax notice.
2023 benchmark tax revenue if the date of the vehicle's billing, or payment of 1er rent in case of rental, intervenes in 2025. Check out your 2024 tax notice.
The ecological bonus is set at 27% of the acquisition cost TTC: titleContent of the vehicle up to €3,000.
The cost of acquisition TTC: titleContent of the vehicle is increased, if necessary, by the cost of the rented battery.
The amount of the aid shall be increased by €1000 if you live in overseas provided that you are traveling with the new vehicle for 6 months or more following its acquisition.
Your reference tax income is more than €26,200
2022 benchmark tax revenue if the date of the vehicle's billing, or payment of 1er rent in case of rental, intervenes in 2024. Check out your 2023 tax notice.
2023 benchmark tax revenue if the date of the vehicle's billing, or payment of 1er rent in case of rental, intervenes in 2025. Check out your 2024 tax notice.
The ecological bonus is set at 27% of the acquisition cost TTC: titleContent of the vehicle up to €2,000.
The cost of acquisition TTC: titleContent of the vehicle is increased, if necessary, by the cost of the rented battery.
The amount of the aid shall be increased by €1000 if you live in overseas provided that you are traveling with the new vehicle for 6 months or more following its acquisition.
The amount of aid must not exceed the acquisition cost TTC: titleContent of the vehicle.
This amount shall include any additional premium overseas received for the bonus.
The cost of acquisition TTC: titleContent of the vehicle is increased, if necessary, by the cost of the battery rented.
Where more advantageous, rules prior to 1er july 2025 remain applicable to a new vehicle ordered or whose rental contract was signed at the latest on 30 june 2025 inclusive, provided that its invoicing, or the payment of the first rent in case of rental, intervenes no later than 30 September 2025 inclusive.
The ecological bonus can be deducted from the purchase price by the professional, or refunded if you request it after the purchase or payment of the first rent.
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Advance by the professional
The aid shall be deducted from the purchase price TTC: titleContent if the trader (dealer, lessor or body which has granted a micro-credit for own vehicle) agrees to advance the amount of the aid to you.
The aid and any increase must be identified and visible on the invoice: a specific line indicates the amount of aid granted.
In the case of a lease, the aid shall be indicated on the receipt of the first rent, the timetable, the lease contract or a certificate conforming to a model made available by theASP: titleContent, countersigned by the tenant.
The trader shall affix a sticker to the vehicle indicating that the acquisition of the vehicle has benefited from State aid.
Personal request
If the trader (dealer, lessor or body which has granted a micro-credit for own vehicle) does not advance you the bonus, you must apply for it yourself online.
Online application for the ecological bonus or conversion bonus
Please note
Applications for aid must be made no later than 6 months according to the date of billing of the vehicle. In the case of a lease, the request must be made no later than 6 months following the date of payment of the first rent.
View the list of vehicles eligible for the environmental score
Online application for the ecological bonus or conversion bonus
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