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Tens of thousands sign up for French electric car leasing scheme
Tens of thousands sign up for French electric car leasing scheme
Economy
by  AFP

The French government has been flooded with applications from low-income households to lease a subsidised electric car from 100 euros ($109) a month, Environment Minister Christophe Bechu said on Friday. Some 90,000 people have applied to the scheme since the start of the month, Bechu said, whereas the government had only planned to subsidise the rental of 25,000 electric vehicles this year.