Brussels, 31 March 2021 – The EU automobile industry is open to higher CO2 reduction targets for cars in 2030, provided that they are directly linked to binding commitments from member states to roll out the required charging points and hydrogen stations. CEOs of Europe’s leading car makers agreed this during a recent Board meeting of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
The European automobile industry is fully committed to the 2050 climate neutrality targets. ACEA members see the review of the CO2 Regulation for passenger cars and vans as an important step in the process of decarbonising road transport, and want to stress the need for an ambitious, but realistic and achievable, roadmap for the European automotive sector.
In recent months various initiatives were launched that involve automobile manufacturers working together with governments and other businesses to facilitate data sharing. Indeed, Europe’s auto industry is committed to giving access to the data generated by the vehicles it produces. However, uncontrolled access to in-vehicle data poses major safety, (cyber) security, data protection and privacy threats. That is why any EU legislative framework should keep vehicles and their occupants safe and secure, while also guaranteeing that our sector can remain competitive and continue to innovate.
Brussels, 30 March 2021 – Overall in 2020, 72.9% of all new medium and heavy buses (over 3.5 tonnes) registered in the European Union ran on diesel, down almost 10 percentage points from 2019. At the same time, electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) made up 6.1% of total new bus registrations last year, and hybrid buses increased their market share from 5.7% in 2019 to 9.5%. All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined represented more than a third of the total EU bus market in 2020.
Brussels, 24 March 2021 – Under the umbrella of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), the CEOs of Europe’s car makers met last week with the European Commission Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, for a constructive discussion on climate change and CO2 emissions.
The subject of Euro 7 is gathering interest and the emission limit scenarios and associated changes to testing procedures that were proposed by the European Commission’s consultants in October 2020 were seen to be hugely challenging to industry at large.
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