CO2 Rules Will Cripple Small Electric Cars, Jeopardize Plug-in Revolution. “a regulation created to reduce vehicles CO2 footprint is actually indirectly killing city cars” European Union (EU) rules to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars and SUVs will have the unintended consequence of making it impossible for average earners to afford home-grown electric cars […]
Will Tighter European CO2 Rules Herald A New Electric Era, Or Bankruptcy? “Manufacturers will soon start dismissals because R&D will end. Banning ICE is denying the simplest, cheapest way to improve sustainability. It’s stupid, they want to ban hybrids too” The European Union (EU) is expected to tighten the already harsh 2030 limit on carbon […]
Coronavirus May Dilute Harsh, Counterproductive EU CO2 Rules. “EU CO2 targets or the fines (manufacturers) face may be softened or postponed, so that companies are not at risk of financial burdens” European Union (EU) CO2 rules forcing car and SUV makers to in effect “go electric” by 2030 was always going to end badly for […]
EU CO2 Demands Threaten Europe’s Auto Industry. “Some European manufacturers are not very well prepared and will stumble. Yes, consolidation will intensify during this decade” If the coronavirus crisis gradually slips out of the headlines leaving a largely intact European auto industry, the sighs of relief won’t last long. The industry faces a 10-year existential […]
Europe’s Auto Makers Face Existential CO2 Threat. Brexit, China, Tariff, Recession Problems? Small Fry. This One Is Serious. “Even if there were 300 million electric cars, with the current power generation system, the impact in terms of CO2 emissions is less than 1% – nothing,” Forget Brexit, China, tariff wars, weakening markets and the cost […]
EU CO2 Rules Mean The Microcar Or The Bus, Choice Yours. “CO2 regulations may spell the end of the small car” Get used to it Europeans. By 2030 you will probably be driving to work in a little electric car like this Uniti from Sweden. It will probably have two seats, a range of maybe […]
E.U. CO2 Plan Relieves Industry, Infuriates Environmentalists. Watch Out For City Action Across Europe To Force Green Agenda. “The Commission has gifted the car industry an ineffective regulation after they came calling” “Our first reaction is that it could have been worse for the auto industry” Auto manufacturers were breathing a sigh of relief after […]
CO2 Ignored By Faster, Sexier Frankfurt New Cars. “Toyota gains brownie points with its new Prius hybrid, which has a dazzling new body” If you question automotive CEOs about the industry outside of car shows, you will get straight-faced, serious-grey suited and responsible talk about downsizing, CO2 reduction, and climate change policies. “Plug-in hybrids and […]
CO2 Rules Tighten “Manufacturers may be in a lose/lose situation, with the pace of improvement giving politicians a mandate to push forward with even more stringent regulation” Europe’s auto manufacturers need to increase the electrification of their fleets to meet harsh new fuel efficiency rules by 2020. The trouble is, current battery technology simply isn’t […]
“Manufacturers may be forced to sell electric cars at a loss. It’s probably cheaper to subsidize these sales than pay the fines” Subsidize Electric Cars Or Pay Fines As falling fuel prices make electric cars even less attractive to buyers, spare a thought for the manufacturers caught between the rock of governments forcing ever tighter […]
