By 2030, new city buses should reduce their emissions by 90% and become zero-emission vehicles by 2035
A regulation that will require almost all new trucks sold from 2040 to have zero emissions has been approved by the European Parliament. This will help create a friendlier environment, while also helping European manufacturers to compete with other manufacturers from other continents. At the same time, it is estimated to reduce annual CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles by 62% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.
The regulation was approved by the European Parliament and now carbon dioxide emissions from large trucks (including commercial vehicles such as refuse trucks, tippers or concrete mixers) and buses will have to to be reduced by 45% for the period 2030-2034, 65% for 2035-2039 and 90% from 2040 onwards.
By 2030, new city buses must reduce their emissions by 90% and turn into zero emission vehicles by 2035. Emission reduction targets are also set for trailers (7.5%) and semi-trailers (10%) from 2030. However, the European Commission will review the effectiveness of the measures by 2027.
The regulation also requires the European Commission to review synthetic truck fuels. The Commission will assess the submission of a proposal for the registration of heavy commercial vehicles that will run on e-fuels only within the next year.
“European truck manufacturers now have a clear road map to producing only zero-emission vehicles. EU governments already have charging targets that will enable the transition. The regulation is a compromise that gives a polluting industry a chance to go green. Long-term investment certainty will help manufacturers face the competition. They should not be diverted to dead-end technologies for trucks, such as biofuels and e-fuels, which cannot compete in terms of performance and cost,” said the director of the heavy vehicles division of the European Federation for Transport and the Environment (T&E), among others. Fedor Unterlohner.
T&E estimates that EU targets will result in at least 31% of new trucks and buses sold in 2030 being zero-emission and more than three-quarters (77%) in 2040. Looking at the total fleet, it is predicted that the 30% of heavy commercial vehicles in Europe will be zero-emission by 2040.
Source :Skai
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