As the Commission is putting the finishing touches to its proposal on revising CO² emissions standards for cars and light utility vehicles after 2020 – expected on 8 November – European Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will argue, when he opens the fourth European Electric Vehicle Congress in Madrid on Friday 27 October, that the EU must not lose ground in the innovation race to decarbonise transport.
“Europe has fallen behind in the clean vehicle race. We...