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Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport and energy. Fighting for an affordable zero-emission transport system that benefits both people and the planet.
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EU 2035 reversal: playing for time won’t make European carmakers…
Extending the sales of combustion engines would divert investment from EVs while China races further ahead
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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The legislative proposals now must be debated and agreed on by the EU Parliament and national governments before entering into force.
If they remain unchanged, the EU will undermine its own industrial competitiveness and damage the long-term future of its automotive industry.
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If they remain unchanged, the EU will undermine its own industrial competitiveness and damage the long-term future of its automotive industry.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The legislative proposals now must be debated and agreed on by the EU Parliament and national governments before entering into force.
If they remain unchanged, the EU will undermine its own industrial competitiveness and damage the long-term future of its automotive industry.
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If they remain unchanged, the EU will undermine its own industrial competitiveness and damage the long-term future of its automotive industry.
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🚗 The EU’s plan to promote the production of small EVs allows for every small electric car sold to count as 1.3 zero-emission cars towards a carmaker’s CO2 target.
🔋 And meanwhile, the EU Battery Booster strategy failed to secure any new finance to support the EU battery industry.
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🔋 And meanwhile, the EU Battery Booster strategy failed to secure any new finance to support the EU battery industry.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚗 The EU’s plan to promote the production of small EVs allows for every small electric car sold to count as 1.3 zero-emission cars towards a carmaker’s CO2 target.
🔋 And meanwhile, the EU Battery Booster strategy failed to secure any new finance to support the EU battery industry.
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🔋 And meanwhile, the EU Battery Booster strategy failed to secure any new finance to support the EU battery industry.
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What else is in the proposal?
🎯 National targets for EV company cars are welcome, but they are not ambitious enough to drive rapid uptake in a sector which should be leading Europe’s electrification efforts.
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🎯 National targets for EV company cars are welcome, but they are not ambitious enough to drive rapid uptake in a sector which should be leading Europe’s electrification efforts.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What else is in the proposal?
🎯 National targets for EV company cars are welcome, but they are not ambitious enough to drive rapid uptake in a sector which should be leading Europe’s electrification efforts.
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🎯 National targets for EV company cars are welcome, but they are not ambitious enough to drive rapid uptake in a sector which should be leading Europe’s electrification efforts.
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The zero-emissions target in 2035 would be weakened to a -90% reduction in CO2 emissions.
T&E calculates that 25% fewer battery electric vehicles would be sold in 2035 than under the current target.
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T&E calculates that 25% fewer battery electric vehicles would be sold in 2035 than under the current target.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The zero-emissions target in 2035 would be weakened to a -90% reduction in CO2 emissions.
T&E calculates that 25% fewer battery electric vehicles would be sold in 2035 than under the current target.
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T&E calculates that 25% fewer battery electric vehicles would be sold in 2035 than under the current target.
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Reversing the EU’s 2035 phase-out of combustion engine sales sends a confusing signal to the European car industry and consumers.
Under the proposal, carmakers could continue selling cars with engines despite the EU’s aim to have the last polluting cars off its roads by 2050.
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Under the proposal, carmakers could continue selling cars with engines despite the EU’s aim to have the last polluting cars off its roads by 2050.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reversing the EU’s 2035 phase-out of combustion engine sales sends a confusing signal to the European car industry and consumers.
Under the proposal, carmakers could continue selling cars with engines despite the EU’s aim to have the last polluting cars off its roads by 2050.
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Under the proposal, carmakers could continue selling cars with engines despite the EU’s aim to have the last polluting cars off its roads by 2050.
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T&E recommends that any tolling projects should be aligned with this Directive (Eurovignette) to guarantee Ukraine’s future in the EU and on the way to net zero.
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Read our report 👇
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Eurovignette for Ukraine: Truck tolling to save Ukrainian roads and environment
This report looks into how Ukraine could pilot infrastructure charges, or tolls for trucks based on their impact on the road surface and environment.
www.transportenvironment.org
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
T&E recommends that any tolling projects should be aligned with this Directive (Eurovignette) to guarantee Ukraine’s future in the EU and on the way to net zero.
Read our report 👇
bit.ly/3N04uru
Read our report 👇
bit.ly/3N04uru
Of the €1 billion that could be brought in by truck tolling under this system, 66% would come from CO2, air and noise pollution surcharges.
This is why it is important to gradually transition to a tolling system based on the CO2 emission classes in the long-term.
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This is why it is important to gradually transition to a tolling system based on the CO2 emission classes in the long-term.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Of the €1 billion that could be brought in by truck tolling under this system, 66% would come from CO2, air and noise pollution surcharges.
This is why it is important to gradually transition to a tolling system based on the CO2 emission classes in the long-term.
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This is why it is important to gradually transition to a tolling system based on the CO2 emission classes in the long-term.
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In a survey conducted by the European Business Association, 76% of Ukrainian businesses support the introduction of a toll.
Ukraine could implement a distance-based toll with adjusted rates which varies by Euro standard, weight & axle of the truck as Directive 2022/362/EC on tolling recommends.
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Ukraine could implement a distance-based toll with adjusted rates which varies by Euro standard, weight & axle of the truck as Directive 2022/362/EC on tolling recommends.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In a survey conducted by the European Business Association, 76% of Ukrainian businesses support the introduction of a toll.
Ukraine could implement a distance-based toll with adjusted rates which varies by Euro standard, weight & axle of the truck as Directive 2022/362/EC on tolling recommends.
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Ukraine could implement a distance-based toll with adjusted rates which varies by Euro standard, weight & axle of the truck as Directive 2022/362/EC on tolling recommends.
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Tolling doesn’t have to mean a big spike in prices. Under the most ambitious German toll scenario, the added cost would amount to only 0.84 eurocents for a beer transported across the country.
The same cost increase could be also due to wear and tear of trucks on the poor road.
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The same cost increase could be also due to wear and tear of trucks on the poor road.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Tolling doesn’t have to mean a big spike in prices. Under the most ambitious German toll scenario, the added cost would amount to only 0.84 eurocents for a beer transported across the country.
The same cost increase could be also due to wear and tear of trucks on the poor road.
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The same cost increase could be also due to wear and tear of trucks on the poor road.
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The majority of heavy-duty trucks on the road are older and less efficient.
Some of them are also overloaded.
This means more air pollution and a quicker degradation of road conditions.
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Some of them are also overloaded.
This means more air pollution and a quicker degradation of road conditions.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The majority of heavy-duty trucks on the road are older and less efficient.
Some of them are also overloaded.
This means more air pollution and a quicker degradation of road conditions.
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Some of them are also overloaded.
This means more air pollution and a quicker degradation of road conditions.
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Our research found that since 2024, road repairs have happened largely through EU and international funding.
Three new “mega-projects” for road reconstruction announced in 2025 total over €12 billion, 15x more money for road infrastructure than in 2024.
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Three new “mega-projects” for road reconstruction announced in 2025 total over €12 billion, 15x more money for road infrastructure than in 2024.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Our research found that since 2024, road repairs have happened largely through EU and international funding.
Three new “mega-projects” for road reconstruction announced in 2025 total over €12 billion, 15x more money for road infrastructure than in 2024.
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Three new “mega-projects” for road reconstruction announced in 2025 total over €12 billion, 15x more money for road infrastructure than in 2024.
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Implementing this “polluter pays” system is a practical and sustainable option for paying for road repairs on the TEN-T network and repairing 25,000 km of road and 344 bridges damaged during the war.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Implementing this “polluter pays” system is a practical and sustainable option for paying for road repairs on the TEN-T network and repairing 25,000 km of road and 344 bridges damaged during the war.
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The EU Automotive Package is expected to be published on Tuesday. To find out more, check out this list of key reading:
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bit.ly/4oeXK6u
bit.ly/4pJZW6L
bit.ly/4prah81
bit.ly/4pvVvwS
bit.ly/49Hqb9i
bit.ly/4oeXK6u
bit.ly/4pJZW6L
bit.ly/4prah81
bit.ly/4pvVvwS
Biofuels in cars: A dead end for Europe
Allowing a biofuels loophole in the EU 2035 cars law would bring total European demand to 2-9 times what can be sustainably sourced, new T&E research…
www.transportenvironment.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The EU Automotive Package is expected to be published on Tuesday. To find out more, check out this list of key reading:
bit.ly/49Hqb9i
bit.ly/4oeXK6u
bit.ly/4pJZW6L
bit.ly/4prah81
bit.ly/4pvVvwS
bit.ly/49Hqb9i
bit.ly/4oeXK6u
bit.ly/4pJZW6L
bit.ly/4prah81
bit.ly/4pvVvwS
Battery Booster Strategy
This is aimed at helping the European battery industry become cost competitive on production of cells and components. The key question: will the strategy simply repackage Innovation Fund money instead of providing new finance which the industry urgently needs to scale?
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This is aimed at helping the European battery industry become cost competitive on production of cells and components. The key question: will the strategy simply repackage Innovation Fund money instead of providing new finance which the industry urgently needs to scale?
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Battery Booster Strategy
This is aimed at helping the European battery industry become cost competitive on production of cells and components. The key question: will the strategy simply repackage Innovation Fund money instead of providing new finance which the industry urgently needs to scale?
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This is aimed at helping the European battery industry become cost competitive on production of cells and components. The key question: will the strategy simply repackage Innovation Fund money instead of providing new finance which the industry urgently needs to scale?
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Small affordable car initiative
The offering of cheaper, smaller mass market cars has decreased in Europe, as manufacturers have chased higher profit margins through SUVs. If done right, the initiative to support production of small EVs could be a boon for consumers and industry competitiveness.
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The offering of cheaper, smaller mass market cars has decreased in Europe, as manufacturers have chased higher profit margins through SUVs. If done right, the initiative to support production of small EVs could be a boon for consumers and industry competitiveness.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Small affordable car initiative
The offering of cheaper, smaller mass market cars has decreased in Europe, as manufacturers have chased higher profit margins through SUVs. If done right, the initiative to support production of small EVs could be a boon for consumers and industry competitiveness.
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The offering of cheaper, smaller mass market cars has decreased in Europe, as manufacturers have chased higher profit margins through SUVs. If done right, the initiative to support production of small EVs could be a boon for consumers and industry competitiveness.
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Electrification targets for company cars
Company cars have huge potential to boost EV demand. Yet, they are lagging behind the private market on electrification.
EV targets for new company cars – combined with Made-in-EU requirements – would accelerate EV take-up and support local production.
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Company cars have huge potential to boost EV demand. Yet, they are lagging behind the private market on electrification.
EV targets for new company cars – combined with Made-in-EU requirements – would accelerate EV take-up and support local production.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Electrification targets for company cars
Company cars have huge potential to boost EV demand. Yet, they are lagging behind the private market on electrification.
EV targets for new company cars – combined with Made-in-EU requirements – would accelerate EV take-up and support local production.
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Company cars have huge potential to boost EV demand. Yet, they are lagging behind the private market on electrification.
EV targets for new company cars – combined with Made-in-EU requirements – would accelerate EV take-up and support local production.
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Sticking to the 2035 target, which was agreed just 3 years ago, will help the EU auto industry compete in the global EV race while decarbonising the largest source of transport emissions. Gutting the rules would lock carmakers into combustion engines, consigning them to a car museum.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Sticking to the 2035 target, which was agreed just 3 years ago, will help the EU auto industry compete in the global EV race while decarbonising the largest source of transport emissions. Gutting the rules would lock carmakers into combustion engines, consigning them to a car museum.
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Car CO2 standards
The 2035 zero-emission target is the subject of fierce lobbying by carmakers and fuels companies, which want to delay the transition. Their magic solution? Biofuels which cannot be scaled sustainably, and plug-in hybrids which emit far more than claimed.
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The 2035 zero-emission target is the subject of fierce lobbying by carmakers and fuels companies, which want to delay the transition. Their magic solution? Biofuels which cannot be scaled sustainably, and plug-in hybrids which emit far more than claimed.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Car CO2 standards
The 2035 zero-emission target is the subject of fierce lobbying by carmakers and fuels companies, which want to delay the transition. Their magic solution? Biofuels which cannot be scaled sustainably, and plug-in hybrids which emit far more than claimed.
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The 2035 zero-emission target is the subject of fierce lobbying by carmakers and fuels companies, which want to delay the transition. Their magic solution? Biofuels which cannot be scaled sustainably, and plug-in hybrids which emit far more than claimed.
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This would create uncertainty by keeping an expensive, polluting technology alive while signaling to European carmakers to invest their limited resources in developing two parallel technologies.
Article in @euractiv.com (paywall) 👇
bit.ly/3MVydBS
Article in @euractiv.com (paywall) 👇
bit.ly/3MVydBS
Reversing petrol car ban is economic self-harm, Spain's Sanchez warns
Rolling back the EU CO2 car emission rules would delay investment and put at risk production sites, Pedro Sánchez said
www.euractiv.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This would create uncertainty by keeping an expensive, polluting technology alive while signaling to European carmakers to invest their limited resources in developing two parallel technologies.
Article in @euractiv.com (paywall) 👇
bit.ly/3MVydBS
Article in @euractiv.com (paywall) 👇
bit.ly/3MVydBS
T&E analysis shows that weakening the target in 2035, as reported by Manfred Weber, could allow manufacturers to comply with up to 46% PHEV sales in that year. That's in a worst-case scenario of PHEVs w/ official emissions of 25g of CO2 per km vs actual real world emissions of 138g of CO2 per km.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
T&E analysis shows that weakening the target in 2035, as reported by Manfred Weber, could allow manufacturers to comply with up to 46% PHEV sales in that year. That's in a worst-case scenario of PHEVs w/ official emissions of 25g of CO2 per km vs actual real world emissions of 138g of CO2 per km.
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