If we are still feeling the effects of the health crisis that has caused major economic upheavals, sales of new cars in France are starting to gradually rise again. Of course, we are still very far from the indicators before the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular 2019, but there is still a little better. A slight improvement, which is also due to the fact that the semiconductor shortage is also starting to fade a bit, even if things are still a bit tight. but the French start buying carsdespite the constant rise in prices.

📰 Heavy and bulky SUVs contradict the city’s adaptation to climate change. They are not normal in a city like Paris.
I will return to this in this article. @lemondefragainst SUVs in the city, the protest is growing⤵️https://t.co/nmnbPcja1M pic.twitter.com/xQ3oS1I4Cc

— David Belliard (@David_Belliard) February 26, 2023

Not in Paris

However, the situation is not quite the same inside The metropolis of Greater Paris. Indeed, according to a recent report published by Atelier parisien d’urbanisme (Apur), an organization largely funded by the city of Paris, there is a dearth of new cars in the area. Indeed, there would be an estimated 30,000 fewer vehicles that “ confirms the trend towards demotorization of households according to the report. Something that may please the mayor of Paris, who mentioned the evaporation of cars thanks to his city plans to reduce the number of cars in the capital.

Is the goal achieved?

Measures that are thus bearing fruit, believes Apour, who sees in this fall the consequences of these initiatives to encourage Parisians to leave their cars. But also with the growth of alternative regimes ” and ” economic considerations related to the increase in prices for energy carriers and vehicles“. According to Airparif, passenger cars are responsible for 9% of emissions of fine particles and 26% of NOx emissions. But if new car sales fall, it could also mean that Parisians will simply leave their old car behind or decide to go elsewhere…