Electrically assisted bikes: what are the purchasing aids in 2020

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Electric bikes are becoming more popular, but are still relatively expensive. However, there are many purchasing aids which encourage people to abandon more polluting modes of transport. A quick overview …

If sales of electrically assisted bikes (EVs) exploded in 2017 in France (+ 90%), it is largely thanks to the national premium granted to anyone who bought a bicycle of this type between February 1, 2017 and January 31, 2018. A very popular bonus that would have benefited 250,000 beneficiaries (and cost 50 million euros instead of the 30 million initially planned) according to Cerema (center for studies and expertise on risks, the environment , mobility and development), but which the following government severely limited only one year after its activation.

State aid much less accessible

However, the matter is no longer as simple, because in addition to being limited to the lowest income, the national purchase aid called "electric assistance bicycle bonus" now comes only in addition to another similar, local aid. To take advantage of this, you must in fact justify having already received aid for the purchase of a VAE allocated by a community. For those who offer them, the State bonus can now at best double the initial aid, up to a limit of € 200 for the 2 cumulative aids and a total amount not exceeding 20% ​​of the purchase price. biking. The award criteria do not change, the bonus only applies to electric bikes purchased new and these must not be powered by a lead-acid battery (almost all of them are now lithium). The beneficiary also undertakes not to resell his bicycle for a year.

Local aid to compensate

You will understand, the state bonus only being used to supplement local aid, it has become much more important to check beforehand what the communities offer, starting with the lowest level, that of the municipality. And at this level, the disparities are significant, as we will see in our summary of the aid offered in the largest cities in France (over 150,000 inhabitants), in demographic order. The cities not shown below do not, to our knowledge, offer a purchase assistance device.

In the preamble, it should be noted that all of the aids below are for electric bikes approved and therefore bridled at 25 km / h, new, unless otherwise stated. The battery of the bicycle must not be lead-free. Aid is also allocated on the basis of proof of domicile in the geographic area concerned. We specify, if necessary, the conditions of resources. Finally, most communities require that the subsidized bicycle not be resold for 1 to 5 years.

Big cities and regions playing the game

City of Paris

The City of Paris is very generous towards its inhabitants by offering a reimbursement of 33% of the price of a new pedelec, up to a limit of € 400. The aid extends to kits allowing electric assistance to be added to a bicycle that does not have one, as well as cargo bikes with or without assistance (ceiling raised up to € 600).

Greater Paris

The metropolis can offer € 500 aid, within the limit of the cost excluding taxes of the electrically assisted bicycle, provided however that its purchase is made in replacement of a polluting vehicle which must be destroyed.

Grand Paris Seine Ouest

Aid of € 200 is allocated by tax household for buyers of a VAE residing in the territory.

Ile-com-France

Since Paris also means Île-com-France, we must mention the recent subsidy from the region, which can reach 500 € for the purchase of a VAE (600 € for a freighter). It is limited to 50% of the purchase price of the new bicycle. This aid can be combined with local aid, but always with the same ceiling for total aid. Suffice to say that with such an amount, it is sufficient in itself.

Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)

The city of Marseille does not offer help with the purchase of a VAE, we must turn to the department. Bucco-Rhodaniens can therefore benefit from a 25% reimbursement of the price of the electric bike, capped at € 400.

Lyon

Quite flexible in its conditions of allocation, this 100 € help is brought to the inhabitants of Greater Lyon. It is not intended only for adults, also open to adolescents from 16 years. It concerns approved pedelecs, folding bikes and cargo or family bikes, whether new or used, as long as they are purchased from a professional merchant or an associative self-repair workshop in the Lyon metropolitan area.

Toulouse

Aid of € 200 is allocated subject to means Review (tax revenue less than € 28,800).

Nice

The metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur offers a 25% reimbursement of the VAE price, limited to € 200 per household.

Nantes

Aid is reserved for cargo or family bikes, with or without electric assistance. It corresponds to 25% of the purchase price, up to a limit of € 300. "Classic" pedelecs have not been subsidized since 2018.

Montpellier

The city is based on the offer of the Occitanie region. It offers a "mobility eco-check" € 100 for the purchase of a new VAE from a professional in the region. However, you must not be taxable on income or have a family quotient included in the first tax bracket. In addition, it also pays € 50 in aid for the purchase of safety equipment, valid for any non-taxable person.

Strasbourg

No help strictly speaking, but the city is highlighting Strasbourg "veloptimist offer"which is in fact a financing program of" VAE at 2 € per day ", linked to a maintenance contract and for 3 years. Each reseller partner is free to offer the models of their choice.

Bordeaux

A 100 € help for the purchase of a pedelec, an electrification system or a folding bicycle, cargo or tricycle for adults is granted provided that the applicant's family quotient is less than € 1,200.

Rennes

The Breton capital does not offer aid proper, but a VAE purchase option after long-term rental (2 models to choose from).

Toulon Provence Mediterranean

The metropolis offers a 25% refund of the purchase price a VAE or an electrification kit, up to a limit of € 250.

Angers Loire Métropole

A subsidy on 25% of the price including VAT of the VAE and capped at 250 € (400 € for freighters) is granted after purchase, as part of a bicycle plan.

A multitude of aids even in smaller cities

Given the variety of purchase aids offered by cities in France, we have detailed only the main ones above. However, here are the links to the other purchasing assistance systems that we were able to spot in cities with more than 30,000 inhabitants (non-exhaustive list, don't hesitate to tell us about other aids in the comments), with the proposed reimbursement and its ceiling in brackets: Aix en Provence (25% / 250 €); Aix les Bains (30% / 250 €); Northern Alsace (10 to 20% / € 200); Arcachon (200 €); Arras (30% / 300 €); Blois (25% / 400 €); Caen (25% / 250 €); Colmar (200 €); Corsica (25% / 500 €); Epinal (20% / € 200); The rock on yon (15% / 150 €); Orleans (25% / 300 €); Rouen Normandy (30% / 300 €) …

Aid that supports the growth of the VAE market

Backward compared to its European neighbors, France is slowly going up the slope. In its 2018 study, Union Sport & Cycle forecasts that it could sell around one million pedelecs in France in 2025; three times more than in 2018! This would then represent 35% of total bicycle sales, on a par with Germany, which would keep the advantage over sales volume (200,000 VAE more in 2025 according to this same forecast). Purchase aid coupled with lower prices will necessarily help to meet or even exceed these forecasts. The VAE penetration rate remains nevertheless much higher in the Netherlands and Belgium, with respectively 40% and 50% of the market in 2018. The bicycle culture in these two countries is indeed much more entrenched and aid for Purchases that have been in place for several years, combined with the creation of appropriate infrastructure have done the rest.

However, there is a real craze for cycling in general in France, and in particular for the electric bike which encourages those who could have abandoned the little queen to get back in the saddle. According to an evaluation of Cerema carried out in 2018, the former cyclists interviewed adopted an e-bike to limit their efforts (for 78% of retirees and 62% of non-retirees) and make longer journeys. Enough to replace in some cases a car or a motorized two-wheeler. The motorists and drivers of two-wheeled motor vehicles questioned and who bought a VAE mainly made this choice out of a desire to exercise (for more than 80%) and out of ecological concern (for almost 70%). In a context of urban congestion and more recently of social movements, and while concerns about the climate are growing, the reasons to prefer an electric bike (or even a muscular bike) are not likely to weaken, especially if the brake that constitutes the price of an e-bike can decrease with the help of purchase aids.

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