EU Policy Engagement

In November 2023, ahead of the vote in the plenary of the European Parliament on the Euro 7 Regulation, we called on MEPs to reject attempts to define e-fuels, biofuels and blends of low carbon fuels as “zero emission”.

In October 2023, EV100+ members, IKEA, Geopost, Maersk and Unilever called on MEPs to adopt ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets and to scale up the production of zero tailpipe emission trucks in Europe, and to reject any mechanism creating loopholes and favoring biofuels and e-fuels ahead of the ENVI vote on the issue.

You can read more here. 

In October 2023, we wrote to the new European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič welcoming him to the role and urging him to accelerate the electrification of fleets across the EU. You can read the letter here. 

In June 2023, we sent our EV100+ position paper on the EU regulation of CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles to members of the European Parliament. Read our paper here. 

In June 2023, alongside a group of global businesses and organisations, we called on the EU to increase the ambition of the Commission’s proposal for a fast transition to zero emission trucks.

In May 2023, alongside T&E and BEUC, we sent a letter to the European Commission calling on the EU to adopt a 100% zero emission target for corporate fleets by 2030. You can read more about this here.

In March 2023, 47 businesses signed our letter urging the EU not to overturn a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035, following pressure from a number of Member States.

You can read the letter here.

March 2023 - Ahead of the next trilogue meeting on Alternative Fuels Infrastructures Regulation (Afir), 17 companies and organisations are calling for ambitious targets in the deployment of publicly accessible charging infrastructures for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles.

Businesses are ready to lead the transition to electric vehicles. Confidence in adequate infrastructure provisions is crucial to their ability to move forward at pace and scale.

We sincerely hope that negotiating parties will support the targets for light-duty vehicles as proposed by the European Parliament's position and for heavy-duty vehicles in line with the most ambitious scenario in the European Commission's impact assessment. 

You can read the letter here. 

In February 2023, we signed a letter alongside EV100 members that called for the European Commission to put in place measures that accelerate the shift to electric fleets.

Following this, in July 2023, we restated, alongside seven EV100 members, the need for a corporate fleet mandate to promote the transition to zero emission vehicles ahead of 2035, reduce emissions and boost the second-hand EV market.

In January 2023, together with other organizations, we sent a letter to the European Commission calling for no delay in the publication of the proposal for a Regulation on CO2 emission standards for HDVs.

You can read the letter here.

In December 2022 alongside industry partners, we sent a letter to the European Commission signed by a broad coalition of 45 internationally recognised companies including Siemens, Unilever and Maersk. We called on the Commission to ensure all new freight trucks to be zero emission by 2035, with a limited exception for vocational trucks. 

You can read the full letter here. 

In November 2022, EV100+ teamed up with other NGOs to ask the European Commission to make all new trucks zero emission by 2035.

You can read more here.

In October 2022, EV100 co-signed a letter to reject exempting vehicles with combustion engines running on e-fuels after the 2035 cut-off date.

The letter also had the support of ECOS, Iberdrola, ChargePoint, EVBOX, Volvo, UFE, FPPE, Vattenfall, Eurelectric, Greenway, ECI, Arrival, and Allego.

You can read the full letter here

In October 2022, EV100 co-signed an industry letter calling on the Commission to propose a target for all new urban bus sales to be zero emission from 2027. 

The letter had over 30 other signatories including cities Barcelona and Paris.

You can read the full letter here

In May 2022, in partnership with Transport & Environment we called for EU Parliament and Member state support for the Commissions proposed EU-wide phase-out date for the sales for new internal combustion engine (ICE) passenger cars and vans by no later than 2035. 13 EV100 members supported the call, including An Post, Currys, Danfoss, EDP Grundfos, Iberdrola, LeasePlan, Novo Nordisk, Solar Group, Tesco, Unilever, Vattenfall and Zurich.

In December 2021, EV100 with the support of 12 members wrote to key policymakers in European Parliament to call for the ambition of the European Commission's Fit for 55 Package proposals to be maintained and strengthened in several areas. This includes maintaining the 2035 phase out date for ICE vehicles and including ambitious interim targets, as well as strengthening the proposals on charging infrastructure. This letter was signed by An Post, Currys, Danfoss, Delta Electronics, Grundfos, Iberdrola, Ingka Group (IKEA), LeasePlan, Novo Nordisk, Unilever, Vattenfall and Zurich.

You can read the letter and our recommendations here.

In May 2021, EV100 with the support of 10 EV100 members sent a letter to EU Commissioners to call for ambitious electric vehicle legislation as part of the Fit for 55 Package. As part of this letter, we advocated for: strengthened CO2 emission performance standards aligned with a phase-out date of new ICE vehicles for no later than 2035; revision of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive to support greater charging infrastructure deployment; exclusion of road transport from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; among other policy recommendations. This letter was signed and supported by Energias de Portugal (EDP), E.ON, Iberdrola, Ingka Group (IKEA), LeasePlan, Lime, Novo Nordisk, Tesco, Unilever and Vattenfall.

You can read our initial response to the release of the Fit for 55% Package here.

In April 2021, we joined other industry bodies to call for an EU-wide phase-out date for the sales for new internal combustion engine (ICE) passenger cars and vans by no later than 2035. 9 EV100 members also supported the call, including Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Iberdrola, Ingka Group, LeasePlan, Lime, METRO AG, Novo Nordisk, Sky Group and Vattenfall.