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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.

Agora Verkehrswende appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback at the beginning of this process. Generally, as electrification progresses, it would be more suitable to base the standards on energy efficiency rather than CO2 emissions in order to address the imbalance between electric and combustion cars, to ensure that all vehicle types improve over time, and also because a shrinking share of new vehicles will…

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.

We agree with the choice of the four problems identified in the inception Impact Assessment and the way they are to be tackled. We would however point out a fifth line of enquiry which concerns the range of fuels covered by the Directive.

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).