CLECAT, the association representing freight transport and logistics professionals, considers that “the potential introduction of a mandatory share of ZEV [zero-emission vehicles] in the acquisitions or in the fleets of road transport operators will not be the right tool to drive the decarbonisation of road freight transport”, in a position paper published on Friday 24 January.
“This would not only present an ineffective policy tool in the collective effort to reduce emissions but could result in adverse impacts on companies transitioning to more sustainable alternatives”, says the association. It has published this position paper with a view to the forthcoming Clean Corporate Fleets initiative, mentioned in the mission letter of the Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apóstolos Tzitzikóstas.
CLECAT calls on “the European Commission to explore potential EU-level measures to support and accelerate the deployment of zero-emission trucks, while carefully assessing their possible impact on the operations of the logistic sector”.
Read the position paper: https://aeur.eu/f/f98 (Original version in French by Anne Damiani)