The EU made official its deal to cut CO2 emissions from new cars by 37.5% by 2030, which should force automakers to sell more electric vehicles in Europe.
While the goal is aggressive and unprecedented for such a large market like Europe, it’s actually a compromise over a compromise.
As we reported earlier this year, the European Parliament was pushing for its own target of 40% by 2030, but Germany, where a large part of the European auto industry is located, lobbied for no more than 30% reduction in emissions from new cars.
The European Council was pushing for a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars by 2030.
It resulted in a compromise of 37.5%
The emission restrictions will apply to the overall sales of automakers – resulting in them having to sell more electric vehicles and low-emission vehicles in order to compensate for their gas- and diesel-powered cars.
Automakers are not happy about it.
The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), which represents companies like BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen, said in a statement about the deal (via DW):
“The regulation demands too much while promoting too little. Nobody knows today how the agreed limits can be achieved in the time given,”
That’s even though all of those automakers claims to be making significant investments into electric vehicles.
