Car manufacturers rely on more concessions from Brussels to make_CO2 targets more flexible

The European car employers’ association is satisfied after the meeting it held with the Commission this Friday. There is no unanimity in the sector on which path to take.

The European car industry wants a relaxation in emissions targets, although there is no unanimity on what measures should be put in place. If you ask Mercedes-Benz, the German manufacturer, whose CEO, Ola Källenius, is also the president of the European automobile association, ACEA, the firm with the star wants to remove the ban on the sale of combustion cars in 2035 and relax the CO₂ emissions targets for 2030. If you ask Renault, the French company wants a change in the emissions count so that all emissions from the manufacture of the car to its scrapping are taken into account, and not just those from the exhaust pipe. If you talk to other brands such as Kia (it is South Korean, but sells a lot in Europe) you do not want to hear or talk about any change for 2035 because they consider that they are investing a lot in electric mobility. With this panorama, the automobile has held a meeting this Friday with the European Commission from which nothing has come out firm, but with which ACEA has been satisfied, according to sources from the employers’ association to this newspaper.

“We agree with the President of the Commission that bold and rapid measures are required,” Källenius said in a statement issued by the lobby. “No one has more at stake in the success of zero-emission mobility than European car manufacturers.

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