EMISSIONS
The European Commission said on 5 March it would keep the 2035 net-zero target and 2030 intermediate target for all new cars and vans sold in the bloc, it said.
- This plan came after the Von de Leyen announced on 3 March the automakers in the bloc would get three years, rather than only one, to meet new 2025 emission targets.
- "We stick to the 2035 targets, which means that we stick to the 2025, 2030 and, of course, the 2035 targets," Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tsitsikostas told a press conference.
- The EU also announced to maintain the new emissions targets for automakers but extended the compliance window to three years instead of just this year, to ease the pressure from the industry.
- “The amendment, if adopted, would enable car manufacturers to meet their compliance targets by averaging their performance over a three-year period (2025-2027), allowing them to offset any shortfalls in one or two years with excess achievements in the other year(s), while keeping the overall ambition on the 2025 targets”, the EC said.
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