ACEA warns EU institutions: “Act now to prevent irreparable damage to competitiveness in automotive”
The most urgent action that the industry needs now is that the EU finds a solution for compliance burden relief for cars and vans on the 2025 CO2 target. “The European Green Deal must be subject to a reality check and a realignment – to make it less rigid, more flexible and to turn the decarbonisation of the automotive industry into a green and profitable business model".
As one of the first moves since he was elected as ACEA president, Ola Källenius wrote a letter outlining automotive sector priorities to ensure future competitiveness and drive decarbonisation. These were the three main pillars of this letter:
- a realistic pathway to decarbonising the automotive industry, one that is market driven, and not penalty driven; find a solution to the disproportionate costs of compliance with the 2025 CO2 target for cars and vans;
- implement recommendations of the Draghi report: create a regulatory framework that enhances the competitiveness of the European industries;
- promote new approaches to create worldwide, mutually beneficial trade relations for the EU to continue benefiting from free and fair trade.
An important message to the EU from ACEA
The most urgent action that the industry needs now is that the EU finds a solution for compliance burden relief for cars and vans on the 2025 CO2 target. “The European Green Deal must be subject to a reality check and a realignment – to make it less rigid, more flexible and to turn the decarbonisation of the automotive industry into a green and profitable business model. Let me be clear: the EU auto industry remains committed to the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal as well as the shift to zero-emission transport and mobility,” stated Ola Källenius.
