EU’s Challenge: Transitioning to Electric Cars Without Penalizing Consumers or Industry

2024-04-22 14:59:36

The Court of Auditors doubts the EU’s ability to reduce CO2 emissions from cars without penalizing consumers and/or European industry. “The bet risks being lost,” she warns, while she sees no alternative to replacing thermal cars with electric cars.


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Benoît July

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Published 22/04/2024 at 16:59.
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Un ‘difficult to negotiate’ shift: this is the observation of the European Court of Auditors on the ‘net zero emissions’ (CO2) target set by the EU for 2050, a crucial step that must be taken with the ban on the sale of new thermal vehicles in 2035.

Let us clarify from the outset, this is important, that the Audit Court in no way rejects the project to electrify the vehicle fleet: “As CO2 emissions from thermal engines have not been or cannot be reduced, it seems that the electric batteries are the only viable the solution”, she emphasizes, and summarizes four previously published reports.

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