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The Commission paper lays out a bold ambition to have at least 30 million zero-emission cars on the road across the European Union by 2030. “Unfortunately this vision is far removed from today’s reality,” cautioned ACEA Director General, Eric-Mark Huitema.
Indeed, new research by ACEA shows that of the 243 million passenger cars on EU roads last year, less than 615,000 cars were zero-emission vehicles (battery electric cars and fuel-cell electric ones combined). That is roughly 0.25% of the whole car fleet. “To meet the Commission’s objective, we would need to see an almost 50-fold increase in zero-emission cars in circulation on our roads in just 10 years,” Huitema explained.
Huitema: “Despite industry investments in such vehicles and their growing market share, not all the right conditions are in place to make such a massive leap.” As recognised by the Commission, an essential condition for zero-emission mobility is the widespread availability of charging and refuelling infrastructure, both for passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles.
“The European Commission should match its level of ambition for rolling out infrastructure across the EU with its ambition for reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles. It is quite simple: the higher the climate targets become, the higher targets for charging points and refuelling stations should be. Unfortunately, we still see a mismatch between these two elements at EU level,” ACEA’s Director General warned.
When it comes to infrastructure, the Commission conservatively estimates that three million public charging points will be needed by 2030. Given that last year less than 200,000 charging points were in place across the EU, this would require the deployment of 15 times more infrastructure over the next 11 years according to a recent ACEA report.
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