Von der Leyen proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars | Euractiv
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.
No! Bad Ursula! No!
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.
Shut it, Uschi.
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No! Bad Ursula! No!
But... But... But, nobody's buying european cars anymore!! We have to destroy the planet so that manufacturers can make some money at home for a few years after basically not innovating for at least a decade.
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But... But... But, nobody's buying european cars anymore!! We have to destroy the planet so that manufacturers can make some money at home for a few years after basically not innovating for at least a decade.
Sad to realise that neo liberals and conservatives actually think like that.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.
Let's also reopen coal mines so we can have steam trains again!
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.
Sounds a bit like when my teachers said I can turn in the whole staple of homework at the end of the semester...
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will propose a more relaxed three-year timeframe for the automotive industry to comply with the bloc's CO2 standards, instead of annual targets.
Electric vehicles are just not selling. Obliterating 7% of our GDP and 13 million jobs seems like a bad idea.
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Electric vehicles are just not selling. Obliterating 7% of our GDP and 13 million jobs seems like a bad idea.
"They don't sell is a bit of a tired outlook" - they do sell and they would sell even better if there was a bit more push behind the program again. There are also very rational reasons why EVs make a lot of sense:
- Most of European brands' sales are in China and the Chinese leadership are not going to stop the pro-EV course, because it's the best way to ensure local prosperity. Hence, the European companies need to be focused on beating the Chinese at EVs. Losing the Chinese market means massively decreasing economies of scale and ultimately losing all other foreign markets as well.
- Besides a few outliers like the UK and Norway, Europe is poor in fossil energy and it won't reach fossil autarky. However, you can easily run EVs (primarily) on European solar/wind energy. This would massively decrease Russian/US/Saudi oil/gas imports and massive decrease wealth transfers to these countries.
- EVs are also way more energy-efficient, meaning you can run on less energy overall.
- There are massive public health benefits associated with reduced emissions.
- I haven't mentioned climate change, and granted, there are more effective ways to combat that, chiefly reducing the number of cars and increasing the availability of public transit. But given the current (insane) predicament that economies needs to grow forever, EVs are a way forward.
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