Recently, the European Commission announced that it plans to reduce the carbon emissions from new cars in the European Union by 30% from 2021 to 2030. The current emissions regulations will expire in 2021. In fact, the EU's 2021 emissions regulations are already the most stringent in the world. According to the regulations, the EU's new car carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to 95 grams per kilometer; the United States to 2025 carbon dioxide emissions The quantity must be reduced to 97 grams per kilometer; Japan will have to drop to 122 grams by 2020 and China will have 117 grams.

In addition, the European Commission set a medium-term target for emissions in 2030, that is, by 2025, the new European Union car's CO2 emissions will be reduced by 15% compared to 2021, in order to urge automakers to act quickly. After this target was released, the major car companies complained that they were too harsh. They believed that the goal was too harsh. “It will be difficult to meet the targets in 2021, let alone the 2030 goal.” In addition, the European Union also plans to issue a carbon credit system to encourage automakers to increase investment in electric vehicle R&D.

EU says emissions "reduced by 30%"

According to the current European Union's new car carbon dioxide emission target, by 2021, the total carbon dioxide emissions of the EU's passenger vehicles will be 95 g/km. In accordance with the new emission reduction targets, local car companies need to reduce by an average of another 30% on the basis of 95 grams, that is, 66.5 g/km. No wonder, this is the most stringent global carbon dioxide reduction target.

Prior to this, the European Commission issued the CO2 emission reduction regulations in 2008, which stipulated that the new vehicle's CO2 emissions will be reduced to 130 g/km by 2015; in 2015, the EU will issue new emission reduction regulations, ie the current regulations, which will stipulate that the new vehicle's CO2 emissions by 2021. Volume dropped to 95 g/km. It can be seen that the EU is accelerating the tightening of new car carbon dioxide emission reduction targets.

According to the European Union’s standards, if the car’s CO2 emission exceeds the upper limit, a penalty of 95 euros will be imposed for every car sold for more than 1 gram per standard. In 2016, the new car's CO2 emissions will be 118 g/km. The difficulty of achieving the target of 95 g/km in 2021 is not small. In order to strive for compliance and avoid fines, major car companies have to increase their R&D for plug-in hybrid and pure-electric models, and formulate ambitious new energy vehicle development plans.

Why does the EU set such an ambitious 2030 emission reduction target? In fact, reducing carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicle exhaust is an important part of the EU’s efforts to strengthen environmental protection and combat global warming. At the end of 2015, nearly 200 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed unanimously in France to adopt the new Global Climate Change Agreement. This is the landmark Paris Agreement. According to the Paris Agreement, the EU plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least 40% by 1990 compared with 1990. In order to achieve this goal, Europe is setting off a technological revolution on automotive power. Many countries have begun to study the internal combustion engine's withdrawal schedule. They plan to accelerate the pace of shifting to alternative energy sources.

Emission reduction pressure mountain car enterprises complained

After the European Commission announced the latest emission reduction targets, the entire European automotive industry has complained. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) immediately issued a statement saying that by 2030, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30%, this goal is "very challenging." ACEA said that the goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 20% is relatively realistic, "although car companies will still pay high costs for this purpose."

The German Automobile Industry Association (VDA) also pointed out that the newly set emission reduction targets of the European Union are difficult to achieve. If it is enforced, European car manufacturers will be at a disadvantage in the global market. "From today's point of view, whether this goal can be achieved is full of uncertainty." The organization believes that this will depend to a large extent on the future situation of the new energy vehicle market and the construction of infrastructure such as charging stations. German Foreign Minister Gabriel also expressed to the European Commission that he is opposed to setting mandatory standards for new vehicle exhaust emissions by 2025, as this will be at the expense of employment and economic growth.

For the EU's ambitious emission reduction targets, major auto makers also feel "stressed." BMW CEO Krueger said that according to the current market conditions, it is very difficult for auto companies to achieve the EU's goal of reducing emissions. He said: "The EU's proposal is really too radical. If car companies cannot sell enough low-emission or zero-emission vehicles, we will not even achieve the target of 95 g/km CO2 reduction in 2021."

Stimulate carbon credits to accelerate electrification

Skoda CEO Mebona pointed out that the latest EU emission reduction targets will prompt Skoda to accelerate the upgrading of existing vehicle models. "This means that we need to further adjust the product mix," Mebona said, "Skoda may have to further expand the supply of energy-saving cars."

Although the EU proposal caused headaches for auto companies, after the public “emission gate” scandal, the public angry with auto exhaust emissions exerted tremendous pressure on EU regulators. Some European countries and cities even consider phasing out traditional fuel vehicles in the next 20 years.

In addition, in order to achieve the purpose of emission reduction, the EU also plans to promote multi-pronged development of electric vehicles. It is reported that the European Commission plans to allocate 800 million euros to support the launch of electric vehicle charging stations and 200 million euros for battery development.

The European Commission also plans to introduce a carbon credit system for pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles. If car companies’ zero-emissions and low-emission vehicles accumulate more credit than the benchmarks set by regulators, they will allow automakers to offset their fuel vehicle emissions targets.

Recently, the EU Commissioner for Climate and Energy Miguel Arias Canete said in an interview in Brussels: “It is part of our work to urge car companies to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, and it is a race for the development of new energy vehicles. , and we are already in a state of backwardness.” He pointed out that the European market, the electric car is far less than the Chinese market, the European electric needs "acceleration."