How regulation is failing to electrify Europe’s van market
Vans are the EU’s fastest growing source of road transport emissions, and, with home deliveries on the rise, van sales are soaring. At the same time, emissions of new vans - on a per km average - have not decreased in three years.
EU emissions rules are so weak, most vanmakers are able to meet them without selling a single electric vehicle. While electric car sales have shot up thanks to ambitious car CO2 targets, electric van sales are set to languish between 2% and 8% by the end of the decade. T&E’s study shows that if action isn’t taken now to get more electric vans on the road, the sector will fail to decarbonise in time.
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