Emission standards
MEPs reject the EU Commission's proposal
The EU Parliament has agreed that CO2 emissions from new cars should be reduced by 40 percent by 2030 - with the help of gas technologies, among other things. MEPs have thus rejected the EU Commission's proposal as inadequate.
Dr. Timm Kehler, CEO of the industry initiative Zukunft ERDGAS, sees the role of gas vehicles strengthened by this decision: "With this decision, the European Parliament has shown ambition and demonstrated that it wants to effectively combat emissions from transport. With their proposal, the parliamentarians are not only tightening the emission limits. In many places, they also ensure that more realism is introduced into the consideration of theCO2 balance. A reorientation of the assessment criteria is urgently needed, because despite falling fleet averages,CO2 emissions from transport are rising - in Germany by as much as four percent compared to 1990. Only if emissions on the road are reduced - and not just on paper - will climate protection in the transport sector finally become effective. He also welcomed the fact that Parliament is in favor of measuring emissions in real driving conditions and believes that gas-powered vehicles have an advantage here. From 2025, the parliamentarians want a "well-to-wheel" balance to be considered and, for the first time, the production of fuels to be taken into account for theCO2 assessment.
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