Electric retrofit premium for a 2.3-wheel or motor quadricycle

Verified 03 March 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Who can benefit from the financial aid known as the premium to the electrical retrofit of a motor vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle (conversion of the internal combustion engine into an electric motor)? We tell you the rules to know from 2 december 2024 (the date on which the transformation was invoiced).

You can do an online test to find out if you qualify for the retrofit premium and have an estimate of the amount:

Retrofit premium eligibility test for a converted vehicle from 2 December 2024

To qualify for the so-called Electrical Retrofit Premium aid, you must meet the following conditions:

  • Be major
  • Be domiciled in France
  • Your reference tax income per unit must be less than or equal to €26,200
    2022 reference tax income if the date of invoicing of the transformation occurs in 2024. Check out your 2023 tax notice.
    2023 reference tax income if the date of invoicing of the transformation occurs in 2025. Check out your 2024 tax notice.

One legal person with an establishment in France is eligible for the electrical retrofit for a 2- or 3-wheel motor vehicle or a motor quadricycle.

The vehicle shall meet the following conditions:

  • Be a 2- or 3-wheel motor vehicle or a motor quadricycle (L-category vehicle)
  • The heat engine of the vehicle must have been converted into an electric battery or fuel cell engine by an authorized professional
  • Not be sold within one year of the date of invoicing of its processing, nor before having traveled at least 2,000 km.

If you sell the vehicle before the minimum time or before you have traveled the minimum distance, you will need to alert the ownerASP: titleContent or the dealer who has advanced the aid to you, and repay the amount of the aid within three months of processing.

The amount of the premium for an electric retrofit for a 2,3-wheel or a motor quadricycle shall be fixed at €1,100.

The professional who performs the engine transformation makes the advance of the help.

The advance payment of the aid is made at the time of invoicing and must appear on the invoice: there is a specific line indicating the amount of aid granted.

Retrofit premium eligibility test for a converted vehicle from 2 December 2024

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