EU road transport to be zero-emission by 2035
New legislation will phase out diesel and petrol vehicles over next 12 years
All new cars and vans registered in Europe will be zero-emission by 2035, following recently agreed EU legislation. The new standards will also require the average emissions of new cars to come down by 55pc by 2030, and new vans by 50pc by 2030. “The agreement sends a strong signal to industry and consumers: Europe is embracing the shift to zero-emission mobility,” says Frans Timmermans, the European Commission’s executive vice-president for the European Green Deal. The legislation includes a new methodology for the assessment and data reporting of the full lifecycle emissions of cars and vans sold on the EU market. This will be the metric used to report progress, rather than industry-report
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