France buying back beaters
2021-04-14 17:04:31.439358+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
As we learn just how much pollution is due to tire and road wear from running 2 ton vehicles, this seems important: Trading clunkers for electric bikes: France moves to offer financial incentive
Reuters) - France is offering the owners of old, exhaust-belching cars the opportunity to hand over their vehicles for scrap in return for a 2,500 euro ($2,975.00) grant to buy an electric bicycle.
Lawmakers in the National Assembly have just approved the measure in a preliminary vote. It was an amendment to a draft climate bill passing through parliament that aims to reduce greenhouse emissions by 40% in 2030 from 1990 levels.