NEW: Half of new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2024, making city buses one of the early success stories of the European Green Deal. 🧵

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The Northvolt bankruptcy is a strategic failure for the EU. Three years after the US IRA, Europe still doesn't have a comprehensive policy to localise battery production. The Auto Plan has some vague language, but what we need is urgent action now. ft.com/content/0d999693-c6a1…

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Read T&E’s full statement on the EU Automotive Plan 👇 transportenvironment.org/art…

The EU will also consider giving financial support to battery recycling, an industry which has huge potential to reduce mineral imports but is struggling to scale up in Europe. Meanwhile, the vague announcement on European content requirements on battery cells and components lacks urgency or resolve. 7/

The Commission said it is exploring support for battery production in the EU. But this is too little too late. At least 100 GWh of battery capacity was cancelled last year, as European producers struggle to compete with global competition and the lack of a level playing field. 6/

Fleet electrification could guarantee demand for more than 2 million electric cars for EU manufacturers in 2030 – half of the sales needed to meet their binding 2030 CO₂ targets. 5/

The plan contains crucial measures to boost demand for EVs including a law on greening large corporate fleets – this is a big deal. This law would boost the competitiveness of European carmakers, which sell 62% of their vehicles to the corporate market. 4/

The weaker targets would lead to carmakers selling up to 880,000 fewer electric cars between 2025-2027 and would remove pressure on the industry to roll out cheaper EV models. 3/

The plan gives carmakers two extra years to comply with the 2025 car CO₂ targets. This undermines the single greatest incentive for EU carmakers to catch up in the race to electrify. 2/

NEW: Today’s EU Auto Plan must mark a line in the sand for concessions on car industry climate targets. While it includes positive steps on corporate fleets, slow movement on battery manufacturing and the weakening of CO₂ targets will see Europe fall further behind China. 🧵

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NEW: The EU Commission will propose a weakening of the 2025 car CO2 target. If implemented, it would delay the scale up of EV production in Europe and remove pressure on the industry to roll out cheaper EV models this year. Read our reaction ➡️ transportenvironment.org/art…

It’s clear that the days of diesel buses are numbered. Read the full analysis 👇 transportenvironment.org/art… 5/

🇪🇪Estonia saw the most improvement in 2024, with 84% of new city buses being battery-electric. 🇳🇱Looking at the past four years, however, the Netherlands comes out on top: less than 1% of new city buses have been diesel since 2021. 4/

This success is due to: 📈New EU regulation last year sending a clear market signal 🌆City level policies like zero-emission zones and bus fleets targets 3/

Uptake of fuel cell buses was even faster than expected and made up 3% of new EU city buses in 2024. Battery-electric remains the most popular, with a 46% share. 2/

3 reasons why the EU Automotive Plan should leave the car CO2 targets as is: 📈The EV market is up, in part thanks to targets. Now is not the time to stop 🚗Let's focus on fleet electrification to boost demand 🔋The real crisis is developing local batteries capacity Read more➡️ transportenvironment.org/art…