On Tuesday, the European Parliament (EP) approved the European Commission’s proposal that will ban the marketing of new light passenger and commercial vehicles that run exclusively on fossil fuels in the European Union (EU) from 2035.
The text, already agreed with EU Member States and approved by 340 votes to 279 with 21 abstentions, defines for the sector the way to achieve the goals set out in the Goal 55 package and provides a zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles by 2035 — an EU fleet target to reduce CO2 emissions from new cars and vans by 100% by 2021.
Interim emission reduction targets for 2030 have been set at 55% for passenger cars and 50% for light commercial vehicles.
Manufacturers that already sell vehicles with zero or low emissions (between 0 and 50 grams of CO2/km, such as electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that perform well) are rewarded with lower CO2 emission reduction targets through an incentive mechanism.
This mechanism will be adapted to expected sales trends, setting the reference value of zero- or low-emission vehicles from 2025 to 2029 at 25% for new passenger cars and 17% for new light commercial vehicles. The premium will be phased out in 2030.
MEP Sara Cerdas (PS/S&D), shadow rapporteur for the agreement adopted today, said in a statement that the EU “must take global leadership in the fight against climate change”, stressing that this is “a historic moment” in defense of the climate and citizens.
Source: DN
