Opinion

The EU’s 2035 target IS the certainty that the industry needs

Some car execs suggest a return to the combustion engine will restore Europe’s competitiveness. They couldn't be more wrong.

Technology neutrality is not the solution to the car industry’s issues

If the EU holds firm on the 2035 target, the European auto industry has a real chance to be competitive global EV players.

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.

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.

ReSourceEU risks becoming a rebranding project. Here’s what it needs to become a game changer

The plan for critical raw materials must do more than just reshuffle existing initiatives.

Van makers want to slash the e-van market. Europe can boost it instead

Industry's wishlist risks stalling progress on zero-emission vans

Trump’s attack on UN shipping deal is a harbinger of what’s to come. Here’s how countries can still get climate action done

Brazil’s sustainable fuels pledge is dangerously ambitious and risks repeating mistakes of the past

Huge biofuels expansion without safeguards would drive deforestation

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...

Europeans are making high quality EVs but CEOs want to hit pause

So why are EU carmakers lobbying like crazy to slow down Europe’s transition to EVs and weaken the laws that underpin the transition?