The EU should tighten up the emission rules for cars even further, says Dutch MEP Jan Huitema.
Huitema proposes in a draft report to the Environment Committee of the European Parliament to reduce the emissions of the car fleet of car manufacturers by 2030 not by 55, but by 75 percent. In that year, we would already be a lot further on our way to the ultimate goal, which is a completely emission-free offer by 2035.
An even more drastic reduction in CO2 emissions is necessary, according to Huitema, because 70 percent of CO2 emissions from road transport come from passenger cars and delivery vans. “Driving less is not the solution for me, but cleaner,” the VVD politician reported via Twitter. He says he would rather see an even faster transition to cleaner cars than an alternative such as a CO2 tax that should discourage driving.
There are, of course, contradictions. For example, the transition to electric driving is not going as smoothly everywhere as it is with us and the more eastern countries in particular would see difficulties in realizing a good charging infrastructure.
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