Overview
- The Environment Ministry postponed Friday’s briefing to Monday to finalize details, confirming the delay in an official statement.
- According to government and media reports, grants will apply retroactively to vehicles first registered from January 1, 2026, with payouts broadly ranging from €1,500 to €6,000.
- Eligibility is expected to target private new-car purchases and leases of battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles, plus certain plug-in hybrids that meet thresholds such as ≤50 g CO₂/km or at least 80 km electric range; an income cap around €80,000 taxable household income is cited.
- The federal budget for the program is about €3 billion, which Minister Carsten Schneider says could support roughly 800,000 vehicles over the next three to four years.
- Applications are not expected to open until around May via an online portal that would allow retroactive claims, while France’s separate social-leasing scheme has reached 50,000 vehicles in its second round, totaling about 100,000 across both rounds.