This article appeared on the French news site, RFI, yesterday:
...French minister of environment Ségolène Royal on Saturday presented in a cabinet meeting a series of measures against pollution including incentives for purchasing electric vehicles.
Several French cities have been reeling under a surge in pollution in recent days. As a result, since Tuesday, half of all private cars were ordered off the roads in the Paris region, alternating between a ban on registration plates ending in odd or even numbers.
However, these restrictions have been eased for Saturday and Sunday following 'favourable predictions' by the organisation AirParif, which monitors air quality in the Paris region.
Meanwhile, Royal said that the problem of pollution has been taken seriously by the government.
The proposed measures included forcing motorists to display colour-coded air-quality certificates on vehicles so that the dirtiest of them could be banned during the next alert. This display sticker is set to become mandatory in the Paris region from January 16.
She also proposed the extension of a conversion premium of 10,000 euros for the purchase of every commercial electric vehicle and electric taxi. This provision is already granted to private individuals.
A bonus of 1,000 euros will also be granted for the purchase of an electric scooter from January 1, she said.
I believe Vmoto may have mentioned the aforementioned French scooter subsidy in one of their previous announcements. Hopefully they are in a position to take advantage of this in the new year.
It is a shame that Vmoto doesn't take a more targeted approach when it comes to international sales. I think France could be a very promising market for several reasons: Firstly, the government there is taking meaningful action against pollution, 2) France has a relatively young population by European standards, 3) France is full of cities with narrow streets which are ideal for scooters and 4) I suspect the French would be intrigued by an Australian company.
I suspect there is more to be gained by zeroing in and committing time and resources on those countries that offer the most promise, such as France, rather than adopting the 'shotgun' approach, which seems to me to be the approach Vmoto have adopted with respect to international sales.
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