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Title Agreement on car CO2 limits to ¡®boost¡¯ electric vehicles
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Date 2018-12-20 PM 5:44:35 Hit 726
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Member states and the European Parliament agreed last night on a pathway to cut CO2 emissions from new cars and vans by around a third by 2030, in a move observers said would significantly boost the production of zero-emissions vehicles.

 

After nine hours of closed-room negotiations, representatives from the EU Council and Parliament finally settled on 2030 targets to emissions limits for new cars by 37.5% and vans by 31%, with an interim reduction target of 15% by 2025 for both vehicle types.

 

The headline compromise goes most of the way to meeting MEPs¡¯ demands for a 40% cut in overall greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. A handful of member states led by Germany had strongly opposed any increase on the 30% cut proposed by the European Commission, while the Austrian presidency had put forward a 35% target.

 

Electricity sector association Eurelectric said the targets indicate Europe will be home to more than 40 million electric cars by 2030. ¡°This legislation will trigger a significant shift towards [a] climate-friendly transport sector,¡± said secretary general Kristian Ruby.

 

Eurelectric had officially backed a 50% target, but Ruby previously told ENDS that 40% ¡°would be a good outcome¡± of the negotiations between the Parliament and member states.

 

Greg Archer, clean vehicles director at environmental campaign group Transport & Environment, said the deal means around a third of cars will be zero-emission by 2030. ¡°That's progress but it¡¯s not fast enough to hit our climate goals,¡± Archer added.

 

Greens/EFA climate spokesperson Bas Eickhout was more blunt. ¡°We are still racing toward disaster,¡± he said.

    

 

 

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