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Lithium-ion batteries will be the backbone of the economy’s decarbonisation, notably the EU transport. Unlike combustion engines that burn oil and release harmful emissions, batteries can be reused and recycled at the end of their lives. Batteries are the best technology we have today to make our road transport emissions-free.

The new regulatory framework should address the current market needs in order to ensure an efficient batteries’ life cycle management, both from an environmental and economic point of view. From this perspective and as highlighted during the consultation activities, here is what we recommend regarding: extended producer responsibility for second-life, battery recycling, battery design and manufacturing.

Motus-E welcomes the European Commission’s Regulation Proposal and fully supports the measures that aim to ensure a competitive, circular, sustainable and safe value chain for all batteries placed on the internal Union Market, overcoming the barriers to the functioning of recycling industry and the environmental problems related to the production, use and End-of-Life management of batteries.

This submission is made on behalf of four European NGOs: ECOS, EEB (The European Environmental Bureau), Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH – Environmental Action Germany, and Transport & Environment, all with an interest in the development of an environmentally sustainable battery value chain in Europe.

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.

MOTUS-E welcomes the initiative of the Commission to evaluate the Directive 2014/94/EU. We believe the current provisions fail to support the goals of establishing a common framework of measures to mitigate the environmental impact of transport, since many of the alternative fuels allowed in the present release emit CO2 and some of them are pure or derivate fossil fuels.

Motus-e strongly welcomes the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation and fully supports the measures that aim to deploy alternative fuels infrastructure as a necessary instrument to reduce emissions from the transport sector in the long term in the European Union.

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).

Emobility is at the core of decarbonising Europe’s transport, since all new cars and vans and most new trucks sold in early-2030s will have to be zero emission if Europe is to comply with the Paris Agreement. This requires a speedy and comprehensive roll-out of charging infrastructure across Europe, but the current Directive 2014/94/EU is not aligned with EU’s climate goals or in line with the expected roll-out of…

Due to the rapid development of the EV market, and the necessity of a legislation that encourages further expansion, MOTUS-E considers that the current AFI Directive does no longer set the adequate framework to accompany the expected growing uptake of EV in the coming years.