Biofuels in cars: A dead end for Europe
Allowing a biofuels loophole in the EU 2035 cars law would bring total European demand to 2-9 times what can be sustainably sourced, new T&E research ...
120 pigs per car: oil lobby’s EU biofuels loophole could see unsustainable demand for animal fats and used cooking oil
Car, aviation and shipping industries would require 2-9 times the advanced biofuels that can be sustainably sourced in 2050.
Can’t stop the market: why Europe should embrace LFP batteries (sustainably)
China dominates the LFP battery technology which has been critical to making mass-market EVs possible. Read how the EU can, and why it must, catch up.
Making the Industrial Accelerator Act deliver for EVs and batteries
In a new position paper, T&E proposes four pillars for a successful Industrial Accelerator Act.
Europe’s affordable car project needs to put the Va Va Voom into small EVs
The EU’s ‘small affordable car initiative’ could benefit consumers and the domestic car industry without compromising on safety and emissions savings.
Accepting US car standards would risk European lives, warn cities and civil society
European cities and civil society groups have warned that accepting lower US car standards will see more dangerous vehicles flood into Europe
Smoke screen: the growing PHEV emissions scandal
New analysis finds long-range plug-in hybrids and extended-range electric vehicles are a diversion on the road to zero emissions.
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars – EU data
Even in electric mode, PHEVs still burn fuel and emit 68g of CO2/km, on average. Their hidden fuel consumption costs the average PHEV driver €500 extr...
Leaked car industry paper: carmakers’ EU demands would cut EV sales in half
Carmaker lobby ACEA wants to turn Europe’s car regulation into a ‘Swiss cheese – full of holes’.
The car is a luxury for many and unaffordable for some
Those arguing against higher car taxes to avoid transport poverty should instead call for these in combination with financial support for low-income h...
Company cars have huge potential to boost demand for EVs but German and European carmakers prefer the status quo. Here’s why
The Commission promised to work on creating demand. The upcoming fleets law is a golden opportunity to deliver on this.
Bend or break time for Europe’s 2035 car CO2 rules
Gutting the EU’s car CO2 rules would not just remove a key pillar of the European Green Deal, it would consign Europe’s carmakers to the car museum as...