We work alongside key industry partners as part of the Network for Sustainable Mobility to address critical challenges for the European transport sector. In a joint letter to the European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Mr. Apostolos Tzitzikostas, we expressed our concerns regarding shifting the Greening of Corporate Fleets initiative into a legislative proposal. While we fully support the EU’s goal of fleet decarbonisation, we believe that #technologyneutrality and market-driven principles are essential to achieving this goal sustainably and effectively. Moreover, “BEV purchase mandates targets for corporate fleets will create market distortions and bring with it a multitude of unintended consequences. In particular, we fear that targets could artificially inflate or maintain high prices of BEVs. Mandates do nothing to address customer demand. Forcing fleet operators to buy expensive vehicles that they can neither sell nor lease to customers is financially harmful, and will further exacerbate the already damaging effects of the collapse in residual values of EVs throughout Europe”, we express in the letter. Instead, we urge the European Commission to adopt a holistic mix of proven policies and incentives that include: · Swift development of recharging and refuelling infrastructure. · The development of a framework for the upgrade of the EU electricity grid, as well as developing a robust EU industrial action plan for the automotive sector. · Fiscal incentives to increase affordability and accessibility for all #zeroemissions vehicle technologies, including the combustion of #renewable and low-carbon fuels (both e-fuels and sustainable #biofuels). Together, we call for pragmatic, technology-inclusive measures that accelerate fleet #decarbonisation while safeguarding economic growth, European jobs, and transport resilience. Read the full joint letter here: https://lnkd.in/dktCrcWV
