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In this report T&E analyses investments in European electric vehicle and battery production in 2019.

Europe secured €60 billion in investments to produce electric vehicles and batteries last year - 19 times more than in 2018, new analysis shows. Driven by EU car CO2 targets, industry and governments committed 3.5 times more to EV and battery production in Europe than they did in China, according to T&E’s report. The NGO said EU and national post-Covid aid to the stricken car industry should build on this investment and support a green recovery by prioritising EV production as well as purchase incentives to boost zero-emission car sales, especially in corporate, taxi and car-sharing fleets.

Electric car sales rose dramatically in the first quarter of 2020 - right up until the COVID-19 crisis shuttered dealerships across Europe, new industry data shows. [1] While overall sales plummeted in March and April, plug-ins reached a record one-tenth of new cars sold in March [2] and just under 7% for the first quarter. As Europe tries to avoid a return to the air pollution that scientists say likely left citizens more vulnerable to the pandemic [3], Transport & Environment (T&E) called on EU governments to promote sales of zero-emission vehicles only - and not polluting ‘Euro 6d temp’ standard vehicles.

Almost two months after most Europeans went into confinement and the economy came to a halt, life is slowly returning to normal. Our heart goes out to all those who have lost loved ones. But alongside the health crisis, another gloom is entering our lives, the economic recession.

Shipping’s decarbonisation requires sustainable zero-carbon energy/fuels. These fuels are considerably more expensive than fossil fuels and require new port bunkering infrastructure. This briefing outlines the well-designed and stringent regulation that would be needed for ships to adopt them.

Electric cars in Europe emit, on average, almost three times less CO2 than equivalent petrol or diesel cars. That’s according to a new online tool developed by T&E that allows the public to compare the lifecycle emissions of an EV to fossil-fueled vehicles.

As the coronavirus is bringing Europe to a halt, major carmakers and many suppliers - like the rest of the EU economy - are shutting down their factories. The priority now is to ensure the health, safety and job security of the roughly 2.6 million auto workers who are likely to need government support as they are sent into temporary unemployment. 

The EU’s proposed new Climate Law is the ‘kick’ that Europe needs to fully decarbonise transport. That is T&E’s response to the draft of a new law that will require all EU countries to be climate-neutral by 2050. T&E says the 2050 target will speed up existing efforts, and welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to investigating the viability of a kerosene tax for aircraft.

Batteries will play a defining role in the 21st century economy. Vehicles, homes, industry will all transition to electricity and partially or fully rely on battery storage. Europe has made real progress in developing a battery supply chain, resulting in several gigafactories being built (Nortvolt is one example).

If the European Green Deal is to radically reduce the EU’s climate impact, it has to radically reshape European transport. Today T&E presents its vision of what the EGD should mean for transport. It can be downloaded below.