13%Share of emissions from cars (2022)
Cars
Switching from polluting engines to emissions-free electric vehicles is crucial to decarbonising cars, which are responsible for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Europe.
Road to net zero
To achieve a net zero transport system by 2050, only emissions-free cars should be sold from 2035 at the very latest – which EU law now requires carmakers to do. The most optimal, efficient and convenient zero emission technology available to drivers across Europe today is battery electric cars.
Analyses of full lifecycle emissions show that electric cars in Europe emit, on average, almost three times less CO2 than equivalent petrol/diesel cars.
Electric cars hit nearly 16% sales share in Europe in 2023, up from around 2% in 2019.
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Greening corporate fleets: an industrial and social policy for Europe
T&E position paper on the European Commission public consultation "Greening corporate fleets"
A smart industrial policy to fast-charge Europe’s electric vehicles revolution
With 1 in 4 EVs sold in Europe this year likely to be made in China, the EU needs a strong industrial policy to stop the undermining of the industrial and social fabric in its automotive heartlands.
Carmakers thinking of pivoting back to plug-in hybrids should think again
Just as official data confirms that PHEVs emit far more than claimed, the old technology risks undermining European OEMs’ efforts to compete with Chinese EV-makers.