The European Parliament (EP) approved on Tuesday the proposal of the European Commission that prohibits the commercialization in the European Union (EU) of new light and commercial passenger cars powered exclusively by fossil fuels from 2035.
The text, already agreed upon with the EU Member States and approved with 340 votes in favour, 279 against and 21 abstentions, defines the path for the sector to achieve the goals defined in the Objective 55 package and which foresees, namely, zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles by 2035: a target for the EU fleet to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars and vans by 100% compared to 2021.
Interim emission reduction targets for 2030 are set at 55% for passenger cars and 50% for light commercial vehicles.
Manufacturers that already sell zero or low emission vehicles (between 0 and 50 grams of CO2/km, such as electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that work well) are rewarded with lower CO2 emission reduction targets through an incentive mechanism.
This mechanism will be adjusted to the expected evolution of sales, so from 2025 to 2029 the reference value of sales of zero or low emission vehicles is set at 25% for new passenger cars and 17% for light commercial vehicles. new. The incentive will be phased out in 2030.
Sara Cerdas MEP (PS/S&D), shadow rapporteur for the agreement approved today, said in a statement that the EU must “assume global leadership in the fight against climate change”, stressing that this is “a historic moment”. in defense of the Climate and citizens.
Source: TSF
