One of the main obstacles for electric car stay its price. If sales are progressing, then almost 20% of registered new vehicles that are 100% electric last November in France thermal there is still free space.

Attention from 15.12.2023!

Thanks to government assistance, some models currently on the market are still offered at prices really interesting On the other hand, December 15the rules will change.

If today, benefit from environmental bonus, only the price criterion is taken into account (below the bar 47,000 euros), by 2024 it will be necessary to add an environmental criterion to the equation. To take advantage of next year’s bonus, ADEME will “rate” EVs based on ecological criteria (production, installation, battery, transport and logistics).

In other words, many models produced outside of Europe, and in particular in China, will no longer qualify for €5,000 (or even €7,000 for the most modest households). Oh!

In the meantime, here are the 10 cheapest electric cars on the market sold in France environmental bonus is not withheld.

Top 10 cheapest electric cars in France (12.05.23):

1. Dacia Spring (45 hp): 20,800 euros (not eligible for bonus in 2024)
   This is the cheapest electric car in France: Dacia Spring. Born as the Renault City K-ZE, this little chip is assembled in China (goodbye bonus), perfectly adapted to the city and offers up to 230 kilometers in the WLTP cycle.
2. Renault Twingo E-Tech (81 c) : 25,250 euros
   Renault’s mini-city car hangs on despite a bleak future. Twingo E-Tech is still only available in electric form 190 kilometers autonomy in the WLTP cycle.
3. Leapmotor T03 (109 hp): 25,990 euros (not eligible for bonus in 2024)
   Chinese electric city car Jump engine T03 received praise for its excellent value for money. Its autonomy is quite correct for the category, p 280 kilometers. But she will also lose her bonus next year…
4. Volkswagen e-Up (83 hp): 28,030 euros
   While its cousins ​​the Skoda Citigo and SEAT Mii have left the segment, the mini electric city car Volkswagen e-Up! still resisting. Its autonomy can increase up to 260 kilometers and being assembled in Slovakia, the e-Up will keep its bonus!
5. MG 4 (170 hp): 29,990 euros (not eligible for bonus in 2024)
   Chinese cars are clearly in the center of attention! Electric compact MG 4with an excellent price-quality ratio, offers autonomy 350 km. But it can reach more than 520 km in a cycle WLTP depending on the configured version and even 435 hp !
6. Fiat 500e (95 hp): 30,400 euros
   Mini-electric city car Fiat 500 transformed in 2021 into a completely new, exclusively electric generation, baptized in the 500th. Despite its compact size, the mini city car is well equipped. Its WLTP autonomy, however, is a bit low 190 km.
7. MG 5 (156 hp): 32,990 euros (not eligible for bonus in 2024)
   Still from MG, but this time in wagon form, the MG 5 is a family model that offers five seats, a large boot and 400 kilometers of autonomy in the WLTP cycle.
8. MG ZS EV (143 hp): 33,990 euros (not eligible for bonus in 2024)
   The first model that marks the return of the brand M.G. in Europe, ZS EV offers autonomy 440 km. It’s a crossover positioned “at the right price” with a good equipment package, but which will also lose the eco bonus next year.
9. Seres 3 (163 hp): 33,990 euros
   A Chinese brand born from a joint venture between Dongfeng and Sokon, Ceres presented its crossover Series 3 in 2021. Located in the B segment (Captur, 2008), it is a model with an outdated design when it was introduced in 2019.

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