For the very first time, on Thursday 17 May, the European Commission proposed imposing limits on CO2 emissions from Europe’s heavy-duty vehicle fleet, which, unlike private cars and vans, has so far remained on the fringes of efforts to tackle climate change.
The Commission chose a two-stage approach: a 15% reduction by 2025, compared with 2019, as a legally binding target based on available technology and a 30% cut by 2030 as an indicative goal to be reviewed in 2022, when new...