A few years ago, the practice of car sharing was not very common. If it has more or less always existed, dedicated platforms as well as applications have been quite rare and very underdeveloped. But over the years, things began to change, in particular with the emergence of companies such as BlaBlaCar. In addition, the government has also decided to act in favor of this practice, which has many advantages. This allows you to save fuel as well as less and above all damage to your car reduce traffic jams as well as pollution. Two main arguments at the moment that push the state to do everything so that motorists start working.

Two ministers are making a big fight, tomorrow, 550 m! @ChristopheBechu AND @CBeaune present a sharing plan after the trip. pic.twitter.com/M1YunVooTk

— Francois Geffrier (@FrancoisGeff) December 12, 2022

Real influence

Thus, the government is created compensation up to 200 euros for drivers who agree to start. And it seems to have worked quite well, as the platforms have seen a real increase in sign-ups. And it’s also really affected overall fuel consumption, although the government wants to make sure it goes down over the years. Minister of Transport Clément Bonet notes that ” 5 million short-distance trips were made in the last six months, which is 2.5 times more than in the same period last year“. In other words, it is very promising!

Falling consumption

For his part, the Minister of Ecology, Christophe Bechu, claims that ” almost 8 million liters of gasoline have already been saved, which made it possible to avoid emissions of 25,000 tons of CO2 [depuis janvier]“. According to him, these are encouraging numbers testify to the environmental impact of this practice “As reported by our colleagues from Les Echos. Other measures must be takenencourage drivers to carpool as often as possible in everyday life and for long trips.

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