Dominique Bussereau was Minister of Agriculture under the Raffarin III and Dominique de Villepin governments on the one hand (from 2004 to 2007), but also Secretary of State for Transport under the Fillon I and II government between 2007 and 2010. Legitimate, therefore, on the issues related to transport, he presided between May 5 and July 9, 2025 The “Conference Ambition France Transports”, which with the help of 60 professionals in the sector, has thought about possible funding to ensure the future of “mobility”.
The result? A 180 -page report evoking all transport, road, rail, river, and leaning over their developments, or their development. And of course, evoking tracks to finance these same developments or development.
And in the part concerning the automobile, a chapter concerns the penalty of weightin force since January 1, 2022, and already hardened several times. According to the report, This tax, which has already brought back around 1.4 billion euros in 2024 (Caradisiac estimate, no official figure) could contribute even more to the finances of the. It is currently triggered from 1,600 kg, with a progressive amount to pay on each additional kilogram. Electric vehicles are exempt, and rechargeable hybrids have a reduction of 200 kg (or 100 kg if their 100 % electric autonomy is less than 50 km in an urban cycle), and non -rechargeable hybrids are subtract 100 kg on their mass.
A trigger threshold lowered to 1,400 kg, which would report
400 million euros
Under the terms of the report, in chapter 2.3.2, here is what is envisaged for this device:
“The increase in the penalty of weight, sitting on the sale of new vehicles exceeding a certain weight which aims to penalize the purchase of vehicles consuming too many raw materials, generating too large CO2 emissions for construction, and whose weight causes accelerated wear of the infrastructure, also constitutes a resource track offered by the workshops. The finance law for 2025 provides for a drop in the threshold for triggering the weight penalty at 1,500 kg in 2026 as well as its extension to electric vehicles with a reduction of 400 kg. The drop in the threshold of 1,500 kg to 1,400 kg would generate around € 400 million/year of additional revenue. The abolition of the abatements enjoyed hybrid vehicles would generate a recipe of € 200 million/year.“
So the Ambition France Transports conference advises more than lowering the tax trigger threshold. Instead of 1,500 kg, already scheduled for January 1, 2026, the wish would be to start at 1,400 kg, which would include almost all of the SUVs on the market, but also most hybrids, and many simple sedans, family or even compact.
More virtuous hybrid in terms of CO2 emissions, but necessarily heavier than simple thermal. It is encouraged to acquire it, through the ecological bonus “CO2”, as we encourage the purchase of electric cars, necessarily much heavier. Fortunately, the report, if he advises to integrate the VE into the device, evokes a 400 kg reduction. This is the minimum indeed, because many batteries weigh heavier than that and make the weights of the VEs greater than 1,900 kg which would then be tolerated.
So on the one hand, we encourage the purchase of virtuous vehicles for CO2, but necessarily heavier and on the other we would make buyers of heavier models pay? The expression “Motorists Milk Cow” has never been so relevant … A real trap. So of course, this report may not be followed up, but we know the natural trend of our government to get money where it can find …