{"id":51589,"date":"2024-12-11T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/?post_type=pr-regular&#038;p=51589"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:48:47","slug":"european-auto-makers-welcome-pragmatic-solution-on-co2-compliance-by-largest-european-parliament-party","status":"publish","type":"pr-regular","link":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/press-release\/european-auto-makers-welcome-pragmatic-solution-on-co2-compliance-by-largest-european-parliament-party\/","title":{"rendered":"European auto makers welcome pragmatic solution on CO2 compliance by largest European Parliament party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro block-container\"><p>Brussels, 11 December \u2013 We are encouraged by the European People\u2019s Party\u2019s recognition of the numerous challenges European automakers face, including heavy vehicle manufacturers of trucks and buses. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cntnt block-container\">\n<p>Competitiveness is key to driving decarbonisation, and we welcome the proposed list of conditions for competitiveness and enabling conditions, and pragmatic efforts to ease CO2 compliance challenges for light-duty vehicles, namely cars and vans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe EPP\u2019s call to address the disproportionate compliance costs due to low demand for electric vehicles is an important recognition of the difficulties we face as an industry,\u201d noted Sigrid de Vries, Director General of the European Automobile Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ACEA). \u201cBut the industry is running out of time on the 2025 compliance costs\u2014this is no exaggeration. Manufacturers are deciding today whether to \u201cfreeze\u201d funds for penalties, cut down production, or buy credits from foreign manufacturers to comply. These decisions are irreversible and must be made before the year&#8217;s end.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this reason, manufacturers strongly support the EPP\u2019s call for additional flexibilities within the CO2 regulation to enable manufacturers to achieve compliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<blockquote class=\"shareable-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">Competitiveness is key to driving decarbonisation, and we welcome the proposed list of conditions for competitiveness and enabling conditions, and pragmatic efforts to ease CO2 compliance challenges for light-duty vehicles, namely cars and vans.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"share-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-buttons\"><a class=\"twitter resp-sharing-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" 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