With the crisis, old cars were put back in service
The average age of the French car fleet has further increased.With the health and economical crisis, old vehicles have returned to the roads. With the scrap premium, the government wants ...
21/06/2022
The average age of the French car fleet has further increased.With the health and economic crisis, old vehicles have returned to the roads.
With the scrapping premium, the government wants to help the French change their cars ... and push them to put old models again.The system has been very successful since its return.More than 200,000 bonuses were still granted last year.
And yet, the car fleet keeps aging!According to the specialist in AAA Data automobile data, the average age of the park in France went from 10.6 to 10.8 years in 2020. In question?COVID-19, again!Which report ?The coronavirus led to the return to the roads of old cars: models that were almost out of the system were put back in service.
These responded to a double demand from customers linked to the health crisis, between those looking for an extra vehicle to flee public transport and those in purchasing power reduced in search of a low vehicleprice.We are thus far from the objective of rejuvenating the park to make it less polluting, since the average age of new "entries" outside new vehicles was 16 years!
New proof that between the ecological speeches of our policies and the reality on the ground, there is always a sacred disconnection.Besides, the models with the Crit'Air 3, 4, 5 and not classified thumbnails that large metropolises quickly want to hunt from their low -emission zone, represent 43 % of the park!
In 2020, the rolling stock increased by 4 %, reaching 40.8 million vehicles.57 % were diesels.
Via Auto Journal