In the European Council of 23 October, the Union leaders welcomed “the Commission’s intention to take forward the regulation-mandated revision of CO₂ performance for cars and vans” and requested for “its rapid presentation, taking into account technological neutrality and European content”. This is what we learn within the official conclusions of the summit devoted to competitiveness and the inexperienced transition.
The present regulation, EU 2019/631, establishes that from 2035 solely new zero-emission automobiles will be capable to be registeredwith intermediate discount targets of 55% by 2030 for vehicles and 50% for vans. These targets formally stay in power. The introduced evaluation doesn’t intention to name them into query, however to judge their implementation in gentle of technological progress and the financial situations of the sector.
The reference to “technological neutrality” displays the political won’t to favor a single answer – corresponding to battery electrical – however to maintaining the trail open for improvements corresponding to e-fuels, superior biofuels and hydrogenso long as they’re suitable with local weather neutrality by 2050. The Commission will now must translate this stability between local weather ambition and industrial competitiveness right into a concrete proposal.
The European place comes at a time of sturdy strain on the automotive sector: Acea requires extra flexibility and investments in charging infrastructure, whereas environmental organizations worry a slowdown within the transition. Germany and Italy insist on a technologically impartial strategy, whereas different member states worry that any openness might dilute environmental targets.
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