E-fuels would emit ‘five times as much as electric cars’ if EU criteria weakened
It’s up to EU governments to stand by the 100% ‘carbon neutral’ requirement.
It’s up to EU governments to stand by the 100% ‘carbon neutral’ requirement.
New analysis shows that e-petrol cars would emit 61 gCO2e/km under the Renewable Energy Directive's criteria for carbon neutrality.
T&E warns that the severely weakened Euro 7 proposals will do nothing to improve air quality and the health of European citizens, but will instead allow the automotive industry to greenwash cars as 'clean Euro 7' while still running on highly polluting Euro 6 technology.
On Wednesday 20 September, Coreper (the committee representing the EU member states) will discuss another draft text on the Euro 7 vehicle pollution standards presented by the Spanish Presidency, with a vote on the text expected in the European Council on the 25th of September.
T&E's position paper on the registration of e-fuel cars after 2035.
European manufacturers can compete with Chinese influx of small B-segment EVs.
T&E's study answers the big question hanging over electric car adoption: can EVs produced in Europe be affordable for the masses?
People in the UK more likely to buy EVs if they were offered an affordable small BEV.
Cutting battery sizes, improving chemistries and reducing private car journeys can cut expected consumption 36-49% by 2050
Cutting battery sizes, improving chemistries and reducing private car journeys can cut expected consumption 36-49% by 2050.