SUVs registered in France will deal with a new weight tax, created to get makers to cut down on CO2 emissions.
Announced by the country’s atmosphere priest Barbara Pompili, the plan will see cars and trucks weighing a lot more than 1,800kg taxed at a rate of €10 (around £9.14) for each extra kilogram, according to national news company France 24.
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Pompili tweeted: “The weight tax that we’re producing sends a strong as well as needed message to take into account the environmental effect of the heaviest vehicles. The heavier cars and trucks get, the a lot more materials as well as energy they consume, with a lot more pollution.”
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The new tax will be introduced in the 2021 French budget plan as well as will not apply to electric cars. The very popular SUVs from French brands such as Peugeot as well as Renault evaluate less than 1,800kg, however larger high-end designs from German brands like Mercedes as well as Audi will be affected.
The cars and trucks with the greatest CO2 emissions already deal with levies of as much as €20,000 (around £18,267) in France. in spite of this, the country has seen a slowdown in its reduction of CO2 emissions, with big SUVs taking the blame.
The WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature) declares SUVs were the second-largest source of greenhouse gas boosts in France between 2008 as well as 2018, with the airline market the biggest. It’s likewise true, however, that sales of SUVs in Europe have boosted considerably over that time, mainly at the cost of other kinds of car.
According to France 24, WWF said: “The 4.3 million offered in France in that decade have the exact same carbon footprint as 25 million electric compact cars.”
A French government source told AFP (Agence France-Presse) that the weight tax “is indicated to motivate people to prevent extremely big as well as heavy models, however likewise to motivate the market to take its entire environmental footprint into account as well as not just emissions”.
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