The European Union has agreed on a goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars by 37.5% by 2030, paving the way for a stronger zero-emission vehicle push over the next decade.
The agreement brings to an end the divide among countries in the 28-nation bloc on how strict the continent would be on CO2 reductions, Reuters reports. The European parliament had earlier this year been pushing for a 40% target, but Germany, which has Europe’s largest auto sector, had been lobbying for no more than 30%. It said that a high target could harm its industry and cost jobs. In the end, a compromise was struck.
Representatives of the European Parliament and EU countries finally struck a compromise, agreeing to a 37.5% reduction for cars and 31% for vans by 2030, compared with 2021. The EU also agreed on an interim target of reducing emissions by 15% for both cars and vans by 2025.
Despite the progress, the green camp felt there could have been more. Environmental groups said that while it was a positive step, the plan wasn’t ambitious – or fast – enough, with only around a third of new cars being sold by 2030 set to be electric or hydrogen-powered.
Still, they had more to cheer than automakers, who thought it was too large a step to make. The German association of the automotive industry (VDA) said via a statement that the new regulation would set high demands while doing little to promote or provide incentives for switching to electric vehicles, the report added.
Separately, Volkswagen said that the targets set by the new EU emissions ruling means that its €30 billion (RM142.95 billion) push on the EV front in the next five years will not be sufficient to cover the needed ground or meet goals. It said it will have to review its planning sometime next year.
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Diesel loving Britain out of European Union,
EU trying to reduce co2 to stop incoming global ice-age soon?
yes…with 375% increase in vehicle price and maintenance cost.
these politician wanna retire as environment hero,which btw,not guarantee to reduce climate change in significant way,then we bare the cost for them to do so.
these white people sedak la…enjoyed big powerful cars for decades, we catch up pun tak sempat now wanna introduce new way to burn your wallet
It is easy for EU to achieve this because they got clean petrol.
But for Malaysia to do this is impossible. This is because our Ron 95 is still Euro 2M. And 90% of our Diesel vehicles still use Ron 2M diesel.
Ron 2M was banned in Europe 24 years ago because it was found to be poisonous and carcinogenic (cancer causing)
Pity of previous Governments were fast asleep zzzzz to upgrade our fuels to Euro 5 like how Singapore has
Singapore just upgraded to Euro 6 this year. Hope the new clean government will do the same thing.
The old previous corrupted government only knows how to provide dedak to people like John to gain votes in election
Yesterday I was behind a polis car who was behind a lorry. The polis car had to slowdown many times because the policeman could not see as the lorry was emitting thick black smoke non stop
Pity the policeman.
Its doable if EU does what basher demanded; Set all EV & hybrid car prices at Rm50k. Then sure will reduce by 40% and more.
Malaysia follow this route? LOL. Impossible!