Although the price of fuel is still rising and the state authorities are trying to encourage motorists to reduce energy consumption, the latter are betting, in particular, on the practice car sharing. So the government wants to do everything it can to encourage motorists to share their car and their journey, whether they’re going to work every morning or making longer journeys, especially during the holidays. It’s also a way to limit costs, so gas and toll costs are shared between passengers. But is this practice really attracting more and more people? It would seem so.

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

Satisfactory balance

Indeed, the executive power council ” encouraging results“, and on January 1, it created its “car sharing plan”. The goal ? Encourage drivers to welcome passengers with them by providing a large financial assistance. Indeed, new subscribers on platforms such as BlaBlaCar can receive compensation of up to €200, depending on whether they only make short or long trips. And the incentive appears to be working well, according to figures recorded by the government and just released.

A real climb

A press release from the Ministries of Environmental Transition, Energy and Transport explains that “in one year, the number of short-distance trips increased fourfold, with more than 800,000 trips recorded for the month of January compared to 230,000 trips in January 2022“. A very positive result. In addition, ” about 20,000 driverse are also already busy getting a €100 bonus according to the official notification.