Question 16959 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Elie Califer draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty to the conditions of effective application, in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana, of the new edition of the social leasing system for electric vehicles. Launched in January 2024, this system, which allows the rental of a new electric vehicle for a rent capped at 200 euros per month, excluded the Antilles and Guyana from its first edition. During its second edition, opened at the end of September 2025, an official extension to all overseas territories was announced; in fact, only Reunion Island was able to benefit from it, the system remaining unavailable in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana due to a lack of dealers able to offer the required monthly payments. On October 21, 2025, this situation had been brought to the attention of the Government, which had recognized the anomaly and announced the referral to the prefect of Guadeloupe in order to identify the causes. Professionals in the sector have since clearly established the structural blockages involved: an average additional cost of 10% on new vehicles linked to maritime transport and dock dues, higher bank interest rates than in France, a lower repurchase value due to of climatic exposure and the absence, unlike Reunion Island, of an exemption from dock dues on electric vehicles. The Government announced, on July 8, 2026, the opening of the third edition of the system in the Antilles and Guyana from July 16, 2026. If this announcement is expected, the precedent of 2025 calls for caution regarding its concrete translation, since the same economic and taxes would not have been specifically treated for Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana. He asks him to specify the tax and financial adaptation measures specific to the Antilles and Guyana which are concretely implemented to guarantee that the monthly payments offered in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana will actually be comparable to those in France. Furthermore, he asks him to specify the timetable implementation in these territories as well as the monitoring methods by the Government to ensure, in the weeks following the opening of the system, that West Indian and Guyanese households will actually be able to access it; for the moment, this essential device for the purchasing power and energy transition of Guadeloupe excludes precisely the households that it claims to target: in Guadeloupe, the poverty rate reaches 34 to 40% of the population, compared to 14 to 15% in France.

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