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EU car CO2 standards are a modern day climate and industrial policy, pushing investment into automotive transformation and securing supply of affordable electric cars to achieve zero carbon transport in Europe. T&E’s analysis shows that the 2020/21 standard of 95g/km will result in plug-in sales of 10% this year and 15% in 2021, making Europe a leading electric car market.

T&E welcomes the opportunity to input into the design of the impact assessment regarding van CO2 standards, and advocates to: (1) Assess CO2 emission reduction targets of 20% for 2025, 31% for 2027 (brought forward from 2030), at least 60% for 2030, at least 86% for 2033 and 100% for 2035 (i.e.

AFGNV welcome this opportunity to further how on the proposal of the European Commission to revise the CO2 standards for cars & vans. Setting an objective 2035 target of a 100 % reduction in GHG emissions definitely based on tailpipe, without identifying the potential of renewable fuels in determining the emissions of road transport means a de facto ban of the internal combustion engine vehicles.

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Transport & Environment feedback on car CO2 standards. Transport & Environment (T&E) welcomes the Commission’s (EC) proposal for a revision of the EU CO2 standards for cars. The 2020/21 EU car CO2 standards have resulted in an unprecedented drop in CO2 emissions from new cars (18%) compared to 2019, driven by the production and sale of a growing offer of EVs (reaching 16% in the first half of 2021).

Linked to the surge in home deliveries, vans are the EU’s fastest growing source of road transport emissions. Unlike for cars, the EU's van CO₂ standards have failed to put electric vans on the market in any real numbers. Only 2% of van sales were electric in 2020, compared to 11% for cars. The Commission’s Fit for 55 proposal that all new vans must be zero emission from 2035 is welcome.

The EU urgently needs a new and robust legislative framework on zero emission infrastructure to support the 33-44 million electric cars (battery and plug-in hybrid) expected on the road in 2030 to align with transport decarbonisation goals. Consumers should have access to the EU single market for chargers.

AFGNV welcomes the revision of the current Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, which should align with the GHG emission reduction targets of the EU. AFGNV is convinced that the only way of achieving a quick decarbonisation of road transport is to support all existing solutions, including biomethane (both in compressed and liquified forms – bioCNG and bioLNG).

Transport & Environment (T&E) welcomes the Commission’s (EC) proposal for a regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. In particular the change of the legislative instrument from directive to a regulation T&E considers an important step in the right direction. (detailed feedback in attachment).

To achieve the EU's climate targets, heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) need to be decarbonised and the sale of most conventional trucks and buses ended by 2035. The review of the HDV CO2 standards is the once in a decade opportunity to put HDVs on a Green Deal compliant trajectory.

The European Commission's proposal to review the CO2 emission standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) is the most important legislative initiative to regulate climate emissions from trucks and buses in Europe.

Considering that BioGNV is a valuable option to sharply reduce GHG emissions (up to -80% vs diesel over the lifecycle), France's AFGNV advocates to introduce a carbon correction factor in the emissions calculation.