Electromobility for All: Is Social Leasing the Solution?

Union and SPD want to widen e-cars. A French-style leasing model could help with this, a study shows – and solve several problems at once.

The association of European carmakers has just announced its measures in order to have an "ideal" social leasing. Among what the association proposes is an interesting idea: to integrate used vehicles. A change to be foreseen for 2025! From September 2025, the government should put in place the return of social leasing. This is a measure designed to make electric cars accessible to the most modest households. Social leasing has been very popular…

In France, there is a social leasing program for electric cars that favors low-income households. Low-income earners can lease an e-car for 80 to 150 euros a month. This program led to a boom but had to be temporarily stopped due to high demand. In Germany, the introduction of a similar program is discussed. Nicolas Lieven also reports on the impact of Trump's customs dispute with China.

It is expected to return from September 2025, in a reduced-wing configuration, forced by a much lower budget than in 2024. We are talking about "social leasing", designed to make electric cars accessible to the most modest households. ACEA, an association of European car manufacturers, outlines what would be, for manufacturers, "ideal" social leasing...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced an investment of $100 million in Element Fleet Management Corporation (Element) to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and cargo infrastructure solutions in Mexico. The investment consists of $75 million in loans like “A” plus $25 million in loans like “B” or parallel loans to be mobilized. This is the first part of a $600 million financing pac…

An analysis by Daniel Krenzer Last week in Munich, Power2Drive, the leading trade fair for charging infrastructure – embedded in The smarter E Europe – demonstrated that the industry is well positioned to meet the challenges of electromobility. But whether European manufacturers can survive will ultimately be decided by politicians. If they act too timidly, an Asian dominance could overwhelm the market, as the solar industry has already experien…