More than 90,000 people had already requested at the end of January to benefit from an electric car via this system. The State is ready to subsidize more than the 25,000 electric vehicles initially planned via the “social leasing” system.

“Today, there is great demand and we do not yet have enough products made in France. This means that French manufacturers must accelerate the pace or commit to doing so,” declared the Minister of Industry and of Energy Roland Lescure.