ACEA, the organisation that represents the European car construction industry, is proposing a 7 % cut in CO2 emissions by 2025, rather than 15% by 2019 as stated in the European Commission’s proposal published in May, according to a policy document published by ACEA on Tuesday 28 August.
The organisation does state that lorry manufacturers want to pledge to an ambitious reduction in CO2 levels by 2025 as long as "the objective is realistic". ACEA says a balanced objective, taking account of the state of the market and of technology, would be to set the reduction at 7% on 2019 levels, which would amount to more than having the proposals made by the European Commission on 17 May (see EUROPE 12021). Likewise, the organisation recommends a CO2 emissions reduction of 16% on 2019 levels by 2030, rather than the ‘at least 30%’ reduction foreseen by the European Commission.
ACEA supports the idea put forward by the Commission of an interim review in 2022 of the objectives for 2030 but feels it should be possible to reduce the reduction objectives in the light of the situation on the markets, particularly the spread of recharging infrastructure for cars using alternative sources of energy.
The organisation also suggests having no cap on credits in the credit system for supporting the development and growth of new systems of alternative motoring. Finally, ACEA demands a review of the penalties set out in the Commission’s proposals for exceeding CO2 emissions levels. The organisation proposes that the penalties be set at €570 per gramme of CO2/tkm rather than 570 euros per gramme of CO2/km as set out in the Commission’s proposal.
The full ACEA document can be found at https://bit.ly/2C1CEGH . (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)