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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by mytailorisrich on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:49AM (#32563423)
The reason it is capped at a percentage of the bike's purchase price is to limit abuse. If people have to spend a good chunk of their own money they may think twice, if it's a free ebike everyone will take the offer and immediately resell the bike (yay free money).

I'm any case 4k is huge as most ebikes are cheaper than that... I suspect this is just to generate headline with a big number...

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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by causi on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:50AM (#32563432)
How is it a free bike if they have to give up their car to get it?
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by probably_wrong on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:53AM (#32563471)
You could buy a really cheap, barely functional car for 1k. You trade it in, get a 6k bike for free, and then you sell the bike.
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by ThePadawan on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:06AM (#32563594)
As linked in the thread, you must have been the owner of the car for 1 year to be eligible.
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by ptero on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:01AM (#32563539)
According to an earlier post, the cap is 40% of both bike and car price. If you trade in a car for 200, your max ebike refund is 80.
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by tecleandor on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:55AM (#32563484)
You might have a low value car. I just sold my old car for 600€. If I had an offer like this, and I could swap it for an expensive e-bike, even when paying for the 60% of the bike my car would have doubled its "value".
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by mytailorisrich on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:53AM (#32563467)
If I have an old car I need to replace I can now have a free ebike, and then I buy my new car...
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Re:France is now offering a €4k e-bike subsidy to people who... by lm28469 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:27AM (#32563851)
Or you could sell your car, or trade in your car (+ money) for another car

It's limited to one per person anyways, it's not like the mafia was going to buy 500k cheap cars and get 500k brand new free electric bikes.

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