Verified · 2026FR3 purchase items

EV incentives in France

What the France government actually pays today: purchase grants, charging-infrastructure rebates, and how the road-tax picture looks for a battery EV. Figures verified against the official source in 2026.

Buying the car

Grants, rebates and reduced VAT on the EV itself.

Bonus écologique
Up to €4,000
BEV under €47K, income-tested. Larger amounts (€7,000) for low-income households.
Prime à la conversion
Up to €5,000
Scrap a Crit'Air 3+ vehicle to claim. Stacks with the bonus écologique.
Leasing social (€100/mo)
From €100/month
State-subsidised three-year lease for low-income drivers. Renewed annually; cap of ~25,000 cars.

Installing a charger

Home wallbox grants, workplace charger schemes, public-charging support.

Crédit d'impôt borne de recharge
Up to €500 per socket
75% tax credit on a domestic wallbox, capped at €500 per charging point.
ADVENIR (workplace + apartments)
Up to 50%
Funds chargers in apartment blocks (50% up to €960/point) and workplaces.

Annual + road tax

Company-car BiK, registration tax, road tax — the recurring bills.

TVS exemption
€0
EV company cars are exempt from the Taxe sur les Véhicules de Société.

Sources

Where these numbers come from

Grants change without notice. Cross-check the official page before you sign a finance contract. If a figure here is wrong, the link above is the source of truth.

EV tax