Most passenger cars in the European Union still emit the same quantity of carbon dioxide as 12 years ago, the European Union’s auditing agency warned on Wednesday.
The European Court of Auditors said the 27-nation bloc must “shift up gear” to come close to a zero-emissions car fleet, with electric vehicles playing a crucial role.
“The EU’s green revolution can only happen if there are far fewer polluting vehicles, but the challenge is huge”, said Pietro Russo, the ECA member who led the audit. “A true and tangible reduction in cars’ CO2 emissions will not occur as long as the combustion engine prevails, but at the same time, electrifying the EU’s car fleet is a major undertaking.”
According to the auditors’ report, real emissions from conventional cars, which still account for nearly three-quarters of new vehicle registrations, have not dropped.
To be fair, I think a decade ago we expected electric cars to be more affordable and accessible. The truth is they’ve had to iron out regulations, and also looking to make battery tech materials less precious metal needed. Also there is the whole dendrite thing. Also there isn’t an entry price model available to consumers. Further the costs of EVERYTHING in general and lack of wage power is preventing the majority of us to have to deal with what we have, and can’t afford a 50K$ electric car, and the stifling insurance payments.
Dacia spring is less than 20k€, just a little more than others city cars (polo is 17). Of course you have only 250 km range.
I am not sure that price is the only reason people don’t go for an EV, we still want enough range to go in vacations.
But if people are not able to afford electric cars explain to me why they are able to afford ever bigger ICE cars in the form of SUVs. There are hardly any sedans sold today, it is all SUVs who are wasteful and more polluting.
That’s not true. In the EU the best selling models are mostly small cars.
