Relaxing CO₂ standards could cost up to 185,000 jobs for Europe’s car

A study by the ICCT calculates that delaying the application of the European CO₂ targets by five years could reduce employment linked to cars, batteries and charging by 6% by 2035.

Defending jobs has become one of the main arguments for calling for a relaxation of European CO₂ targets. Manufacturers argue that too fast a transition to electric cars can deteriorate the competitiveness of the industry, but a new study by the International Council on Clean Transport (ICCT) comes to a different conclusion: delaying electrification could reduce European employment rather than protect it.

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