A 2035 ban was agreed on in principle in June but with some resistance. As of Friday they seem to have mostly worked things out. The upshot is that vehicles have to show 50-55% carbon reduction by 2030 and zero carbon by 2035, with boutique / luxury automakers given only an extra year.
It's said that this is effectively an EV mandate, but they did leave a door open for "carbon-neutral fuels." I'm sure there's no way THAT provision can be exploited. :-\ Germany was resisting the ban, no surprise as gasoline runs in their veins. France also pushed back, which surprised and disappointed me. Stellantis and Renault both buttonholed French prez Macron and got him to call for a 5 year extension, which we all know they'd later insist had to be extended still further. Stellantis is riding on Fiat's long love affair with gasoline. Their CEO Carlos Tavares whined that the legislation "has social consequences that are not manageable ... If you deny the middle classes access to freedom of movement [because the automakers are profiteering on EVs], you are going to have serious social problems." This shows a lot of gall, coming from one of the companies that reacted to the auto semiconductor shortage by making mostly its most expensive vehicles. As for Renault, they used to be an EV leader, but they've lost EV momentum since their new CEO Luca de Meo (formerly of VW's Seat) took over in 2020. ----- https://www.rfi.fr/en/europe/20221028-eu-strikes-deal-to-effectively-ban- fossil-fuel-vehicles-from-2035 Shortcut: https://v.gd/iGflFV https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20221028VL202/eu-stellantis-volkswagen.html Shortcut: https://v.gd/YPKGxC ----- Quotations from the articles: "BMW CEO Oliver Zipse, who is also the president of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), said ... 'the European automobile industry is up to the challenge of providing these zero-emission cars and vans' ... But more needed to be done for the industry to meet this target, added Zipse, such as having 'an abundance of renewable energy, a seamless private and public charging infrastructure network, and access to raw materials'. "Some Europe-based automakers have pledged to make EVs only from the 2030s, including Stellantis and Volkswagen. "Stellantis targets 100% EV sales in Europe and 50% in the US by 2030, while its CEO, Carlos Tavares, has said electrification is a technology chosen by politicians instead of the industry." David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Thou shalt not send me any thing which says unto thee, "send this to all thou knowest." Neither shalt thou send me any spam, lest I smite thee. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
