Tomorrow’s European Parliament vote on CO2 targets for cars and vans is set to seal the deal reached last October between the European Commission, Parliament and Council.
This will in effect lead to a ban on the sale of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, making the EU the first and only region in the world to be fully electric.
“Our industry is rising to the challenge of providing zero-emission vehicles,” said ACEA CEO Sigrid de Vries.
In fact, thanks to continued industry investments, by 2022 more than one in five new cars sold in the EU will have a plug. The European market is poised to take the lead from other regions of the world in 2030, when the share of battery electric cars is expected to exceed 70%.
All stakeholders urgently need to work together to ensure access to the raw materials needed for electric mobility, make electric cars affordable products for the mass market, mitigate negative labor consequences and enable European citizens charge your electric vehicle quickly and easily. In the context of the review of the CO2 regulation planned for 2026, ACEA calls for clear KPIs to monitor progress in all these areas.
De Vries: “All the efforts and investments of the automobile industry are aimed at mobility without emissions. It is essential that all EU policies and regulations align with and support this goal.”
The Euro 7 proposal on the table, however, risks distracting from this fast track to zero emissions, warns ACEA.
All efforts and investments in the automotive industry are aimed at emission-free mobility. It is essential that all EU policies and regulations align with and support this objective.
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