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The high -level summit in Brussels on Friday confirmed clear strategic attention on electric cars in Europe.
“Whatever happens, the future is electricity,” said Euronews man with knowledge of negotiations between the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Luen, leading heads of automotive industry.
“The industry is extremely aware of the need for a transition,” he added, a person who asked not to be called.
At the meeting, European automakers demanded more flexibility in the implementation of CO2 goals.
“But even if the committee reduced these goals, global competition would have set them for the industry,” the man said.
Brussels seeks to become a neutral climate by 2050, and, in particular, will decide to gradually remove new vehicles for internal combustion by 2035.
In Friday negotiations, the commission, it seems, did not want to achieve the goals of 2035, despite the recent calls of enterprises and politicians in order to deviate from this goal.
“I do not know the best technologies than an electric car to help reduce CO2 emissions in transport in the coming years,” said the general director of the Audi Gernot Döllner in the German journal Wirtschaftswoche.
Instead of emphasizing these advantages, new discussions are constantly launched when maintaining an internal combustion engine – “this is counterproductive and upset customers,” he added.
A similar point of view was expressed by Mihiel Langezal, the manager of Fastned and the president of Europe, who participated in negotiations with von der Leyen.
“Ensuring that Europe can lead the transformation of electronic mobility around the world is required more than to stand much next to the roadmap. This requires that the industry has the courage to approach the problems that we are faced with the development mentality and focus on E -mobility and focusing on the environment, ”he said to EURONEWS.
The commission convened a three -hour meeting in the context of the “strategic dialogue” about the future of the automotive industry aimed at combating the current crisis. It was the third meeting of this kind from the beginning of the year.
The Epirus car sector has suffered and is faced with a decrease in sales, high energy prices, increasing the subsidized competition by China and the hostile commercial environment from the punitive duties of the United States.
In April, the head of the EU industry Stefan Sesern called the industry “in mortal danger.”
“There is a risk that the future map of the global automotive industry will be developed without Europe,” said Seyorne.
One of the biggest problems is the implementation of European climatic policy.
“The share of the market for cars with EU-27 batteries was 15.6% and 9% for trucks. Wide acceptance in the mass market has not yet occurred. And this will not happen if we do not accelerate the infrastructure and will not reduce the total cost of ownership, ”said Sigrid de Vrist Euronews. (Acea).
“But governments and regulatory authorities did not invest, and they did not require sufficient levels of infrastructure and network modernization, and incentives remain inconsistent. Slove: regulatory goals are no longer possible, ”she added.
To make cars with zero emissions, an obvious choice for consumers and enterprises, car manufacturers believe that the purchase or use of these vehicles should be more attractive than the vehicles for internal combustion.
This requires consistent market incentives, taxation of more fair, lower charging costs and easier access to cities.
At the same time, Europe should accelerate charging and refueling infrastructure, especially for heavy vehicles, at the same time to modernize the network and reform energy markets to reduce electricity prices – this is one of the key requirements of the industry.
In the automotive industry, the cornerstone of the European economy, more than 13 million people work (direct and indirect jobs) and contributes about 7% to the EU GDP.