EU Policy Engagement
Together with partners and EV100 members, we are actively engaging with EU policy makers to call for policy and legislation that support the transition to electric vehicles.
Cleaning Corporate Fleets
We are working with members, partners and policymakers to design ambitious, but feasible, zero emission targets for corporate fleets.
Activities on an EU-wide corporate fleet mandate
Read our position paper calling for an ambitious, EU‑wide Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation that sets clear zero‑emission fleet targets and avoids fragmented national approaches.
Read our letter calling for the publication of a proposal on corporate fleets without delays.
Together with a group of leading transport companies, we sent a letter to the Commission calling for zero emission targets for shippers and buyers of transport services on Thursday, 2 October. Read the letter.
EV100 welcomes the European Commission’s upcoming legislation to accelerate the uptake of zero-emission vehicles in corporate fleets. We put together a response for the drafting of the proposal, with five recommendations. Read our response.
We published our position paper backed by 18 EV100 and EV100+ member businesses, welcoming the EU Commission's greening corporate fleets initiative, and set out that businesses want a corporate fleet mandate alongside enabling conditions to ensure the swift adoption of zero emission vehicles.
On 8th March, we supported the Platform for Electromobility in organising a conference on this topic in Brussels. Speakers included representatives of the European Commission, IKEA, Uber, T&E, Leaseurope, Renault Group, BEUC and French MP Damien Adam.
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.
In July 2023, we restated, alongside seven EV100 members (An Post, AstraZeneca, Unilever, IKEA, Grundfos, Tesco and Vattenfall) the need for a corporate fleet mandate to promote the transition to zero emission vehicles ahead of 2035.
Together with BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, and the NGO Transport & Environment, we sent a letter to EU policymakers asking to accelerate the electrification of fleet trough the Greening Corporate Fleets Initiative.
Together with Transport & Environment and our EV100 members An Post, AstraZeneca, Coca Cola, Unilever, IKEA, Grundfos, LeasePlan, Tesco and Vattenfall, we sent a letter to the European Commission calling for a legally binding corporate fleet mandate.
CO2 standards for cars and vans
On 28th March 2023, the EU adopted an amendment to the EU light-duty vehicles CO2 standards. With this amendment, a 100% CO2 emission reduction target for all cars and vans newly registered from 2035 onwards was introduced. In addition, the current CO2 reduction target for 2030 was strengthened to a drop of 55% for cars and 50% for vans compared to a 2021 baseline.
We worked with EV100 businesses and partner organisations before the amendment was passed to encourage ambitious CO2 standards for cars and vans.
The revision of the Regulation is now expected by the end of the year 2025. We will keep working with EV100 members to ensure a stable and ambitious regulatory framework is maintained as a necessary tool to enable fleet electrification.
Activities on CO2 car and van standards in the EU
We have joined and supported the Take Charge, Europe! campaign, signed by more than 200 companies and asking for full integrity of the 2035 zero-emissions target for cars and vans in the upcoming review.
Read our position paper calling on EU policymakers to maintain clear, stable CO₂ standards for cars and vans and uphold a firm pathway to 100% zero‑emission vehicle sales by 2035.
EV100 submitted a response to the consultation on the future of the European automobile industry.
In September 2024, in partnership with Transport & Environment and the We Mean Business, we sent a declaration to EU decisionmakers calling on the EU not to re-open the 2035 zero-emission target for cars and vans. It was supported by CEOs and executives of 50 automotive, clean tech, transport and energy ecosystem companies.
In March 2023, alongside 46 other organisations, including EV100 businesses, automakers and NGOs, we wrote to President von der Layen expressing concern that Member States were reconsidering their support for the 2035 phase out date for petrol and diesel cars and vans.
On 16th June 2022, we supported an open call to the European Commission, EU governments and the European Parliament to phase-out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by no later than 2035.
On December 13th 2021, we wrote to various European Parliament Chairs, urging them to maintain and strengthen the ambition in the Fit for 55 package, which included robust CO2 standards for cars and vans.
Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR)
The Regulation on AFIR entered into force on 13 April 2024. Timely and consistent implementation of the Regulation across the whole EU is crucial to enhance fleet electrification. AFIR’s revision is planned for 2026. The European Commission published a Q&A to support Member States in the technical implementation of AFIR.
The aim of AFIR is to make use and payment at charging points easier, even without an existing electricity purchase agreement.
The regulation applies to new charging points with immediate effect, while existing charging points with a capacity of 50 kW or more must be retrofitted by 2027. The requirement to install a card terminal only applies to newly installed DC charging points with a charging capacity of 50 kW or more.
Activities on AFIR
We submitted a response to the Call for Evidence on the upcoming revision of AFIR, focusing on improved monitoring and reporting, HGV infrastructure, smart charging/V2G, and user experience.
Ahead of the final trilogue meeting in March, we sent a letter to policymakers calling for ambitious targets in the deployment of publicly accessible charging infrastructures for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles.
CO2 standards for heavy trucks
On 13th May 2024, the Council has formally adopted the Regulation on CO2 emission standards for HDVs, de facto concluding the legislative procedure that started in February 2023 with the publication of the proposal by the European Commission.
We were pleased to work with EV100+ members before and during the decision-making process advocating for ambitious CO2 emissions reduction targets and successfully pushing back the attempts to promote biofuels and efuels.
We kicked this off back in 2022 when we sent this letter to the European Commission on behalf of 45 EV100 and EV100+ members.
Activities on Trucks
A coalition of major European businesses and civil society organisations, including EV100, called on Ministers across Europe to swiftly implement toll exemptions for zero-emission trucks (ZETs). The open letter was sent to Transport Ministers across EU Member States.
We issued a statement urging EU co‑legislators to maintain strong CO₂ standards for heavy‑duty vehicles and keep the planned 2027 review, warning that weakening the rules now would undermine investment certainty, clean air benefits, and Europe’s zero‑emission truck leadership. Read the statement.
Ahead of the plenary vote in the European Parliament on 7 October, we sent a statement to key MEPs calling for them to vote to extend the power for Member States to exempt zero-emission trucks from road tolls and user charges until 30 June 2031. Read the statement.
On 10th April, ahead of the plenary vote on the text of the Regulation agreed in trilogue, we sent an email to MEPs asking to adopt the text as it is and reject amendments aimed at lower ambition.
On 3rd April, we sent a letter to MEPs supported by 38 companies and calling for the adoption of the Regulation on CO2 emission standards for HDVs as agreed in trilogue.
In October and November 2023, ahead of the votes in the EP, EV100+ members sent a statement to MEPs.
On 26 June 2023, we sent a letter supported by 41 businesses calling for more ambitious CO2 standards in 2030 and a phase out date for polluting trucks.
On 20 June 2023, we sent EV100+ position paper to policy-makers
In February 2023, following the publication of the Commission’s proposal, despite it is a first step in the right direction, we criticized it for missing an ambitious phase out date of ICEs trucks. Read the full reaction here
EV100+ alongside a coalition of stakeholders sent a letter to the European Commission. The letter, which was signed by a broad coalition of 45 internationally recognised companies including Siemens, Unilever and Maersk, calls for all new freight trucks to be zero emission by 2035, with a limited exception for vocational trucks. Read more.
EV100 members call for EU ambition on road transport
Climate Group reacts to the EU Fit For 55% package
The Climate Group supports plans to increase the EU 2030 climate target
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