The brands, which have been insisting on the new European Commission for months to reduce the requirements approved in 2019, claim that they have made the necessary investments, but the sale of electric cars did not respond to expectations. The employer requires a long -term strategy.
The European Parliament and the EU council have approved the proposal of the European Commission for car manufacturers in the European Union without changes Two more years – until 2027 – to reduce CO2 emissions From his car sets and vans with 15 % compared to 2021.
The European Parliament approved the assessment this Thursday by urgent procedure, with 458 votes in favor, 101 against and 14 abstentions. The urgency is given because the regulation already adopts a reduction target of 15 % of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for this 2025 (with regard to the 2021 levels), and so far Brussels had defended that extensions were not necessary, because the industry knew the calendar since the approved in 2019.
The brands, which have been put under pressure for the new European Commission that the Ursula von der Challenges, have read the requirements that were approved during the first mandate of the German at the head of the community leader, claim that they have made the necessary investments, but The sale of electric cars did not respond to expectations.
In 2024, the turnover of electric cars fell by 5.9 % compared to the previous year, which reinforced the argument of the builders, despite the fact that they recovered 12 % in the first quarter of 2025, until they reached 15.2 % market share, while the registrations fell on average 1.9 %.
Because it had not been well to have changed the proposed changes to change the proposal, and since the EU Council has not made any changes to the text, a definitive negotiation between the two institutions and the Commission is not necessary.
To enter into force, the bill now requires the formal approval of the twenty -seven, which approved the same text on 7 May.
Despite the immediate reduction, the obligations to lower that 55 % in 2030 and 100 % in 2035 would remain intact for the time being, date on which new cars and new vans that emit CO2 can no longer be marketed in the single community market that broadcasts CO2.
The sector argues for a long -term strategy
The European Engine employer has celebrated that the EU has approved an extension of two years for brands to reduce the CO2 emissions of their car sets and vans by 15 %, but has also claimed a “long -term strategy” with more charging points, purchase stimuli and public prosecutors and lower energy prices.
“Although this offers a necessary flexibility for the short -term manufacturers, we need a long -term strategy for carbon cracks that include more charging stations, purchase stimuli and public prosecutors, more only energy prices,” said the general director of the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), Sigrid de Vies.
The head of ACEA has added that it will also be necessary to “guarantee the strategic autonomy of the EU in critical technologies” and to tackle these issues with the European Commission.
Source: EITB
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