Regarding the greening of the vehicle fleet, MEPs adopted 3 additional major advances:
- A milestone by 2030 for sales of new passenger vehicles. The mobility orientation law (LOM) provides for the end of the sale of light vehicles using fossil fuels by 2040. The Climate & Resilience bill makes it possible to set a crossing point in 2030, by providing that this horizon only 5% of new vehicles sold will emit more than 95 gCO2 / km whereas today this concerns more than 50% of new vehicles.
- An end-of-sale target for heavy goods vehicles using mainly fossil fuels by 2040. The voted amendment makes it possible to complete the provisions of the LOM which did not cover this type of vehicle. This is a major step forward that will give a clear horizon on this segment in order to build a green path for trucks, buses and coaches.
- An obligation to renew fleets (State, communities, companies) with 70% of low-emission vehicles in 2030. A strengthening of the trajectory put in place by the LOM for renewing the fleets of the State, communities and companies managing fleets of more than 100 vehicles has been voted. By 2030, 70% of the vehicles renewed will have to be electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Regarding the deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles, during the necessary greening of fleets, these measures were the subject of numerous discussions with parliamentarians from the special committee. They were in fact eagerly awaited by industry players, users and communities. They are the sign of a great collective advance:
- Facilitation of the deployment of charging stations in condominiums by passing the decisions to install them to a simple majority vote and by proposing financing mechanisms: the decision to equip a collective recharging infrastructure can be taken by a simple majority of the co-owners from the moment a financing device makes it possible not to place the financial burden on the co-ownership but only on future users. Condominiums will in fact be able to choose to go through the public distribution network without advance payment, the infrastructure being “reimbursed” as and when it comes to contributions from only the users of the charging stations.
- Amplification of the deployment of fast charging stations on expressways and motorways with 75% coverage of connection costs until 2025: the mobility orientation law (LOM) provided for 75% coverage of the connection costs of recharging infrastructures until the end of 2021, this will be extended until the end of 2025 in order to be able to equip all service areas of the network in rapid charging stations allowing long distance trips.
- Acceleration of the deployment of charging stations open to the public by making the equipment of public car parks compulsory: all the car parks managed by public service delegation, under public management or via a public market with more than 20 spaces must be equipped with charging points for electric vehicles.
Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition, said: “The Climate & Resilience law allows us to go further and faster in our actions to green the French car fleet. Electrifying vehicles to decarbonize the transport sector is of course essential, but cannot be envisaged without a complete network of the territory in electric charging stations. The advances voted by the deputies will make it possible to accelerate the deployment of a dense network of terminals accessible to the greatest number. "
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, declared: “The electric vehicle market is taking off with a 2% market share in 2019, 6% in 2020 and more than 8% in March 2021. The Government wishes to continue supporting this dynamic and the measures voted today will enable the both to strengthen and simplify the deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles. I also welcome the inclusion of an objective in 2040 for the heavy goods vehicle sector, which will give the necessary trajectory and visibility to the entire sector. "