According to the Transport & Environment (T&E) website, Ford, Volvo and 26 other companies in the sector they ask the EU to ensure that vehicles are zero-emission from 2035. They would like the EU to set binding targets for the charging infrastructure.
Following the open letter from the two car manufacturers, which together sold around 800,000 cars in Europe in 2021, a deadline needs to be set for combustion engine cars to be withdrawn from circulation by 2050 at the latest. This is in fact the date set by the EU to become a CO2-neutral account.
Numerous car manufacturers have already set a date for the end of their cars with combustion engines. According to T&E, 15 brands have so far committed to phasing out polluting powertrains in Europe over the next ten years.
fonte Transport&Environment (T&E)
The signatories of the letter are asking that the EU defines the phasing out of combustion engines with a binding regulation. This is to create planning security that involves all the related industries, but also for customers.
The letter intends to raise awareness among Members of the European Parliament and EU governments who are deciding on the European Commission’s proposal. This predicts that from 2035 only new zero-emission cars (so no hybrids or plug-in hybrids) will be sold across the EU.
Ford and Volvo the most convinced of the end of polluting cars from 2035 in the EU
Ford of Europe CEO Stuart Rowley said he wants “all Ford vehicles to be carbon neutral by 2035”. To achieve this goal, EU decision makers they should set binding targets for an electric charging infrastructure that meets the growing demand for electric cars.
Volvo’s new CEO Jim Rowan said: “Volvo Cars plans to become an all-electric car company by 2030 and supports the end of fossil fuel vehicle sales in Europe by 2035”.
According to T&E, cars and vans are responsible for 15% of all CO2 emitted in Europe. Combustion engine cars are worth it even a third of total oil imports into Europe. The switch to electric road transport it would increase the continent’s energy security and save billions of euros on oil purchases.
In June, the EU parliament and governments will decide on the planned end of combustion engines in 2035. If an agreement is reached, the law could go into effect in the autumn.