Europe has overtaken China on electric cars. Three roadblocks stand in the way
Originally published in Euractiv2020 was the year electric car sales took off in Europe. Propelled by Europe’s car CO2 emission targets, the plug-in market more than tripled [...]
Electric vehicles are far better than combustion engine cars when it comes to air pollution. Here’s why
Toxic emissions from tailpipes of diesel and petrol cars have caused air pollution problems in European towns and cities for decades and cause tens of thousands of [...]
Europe’s jobs are on the line. The car’s future is electric whether we like it or not
When Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida announced the closure of its Barcelona plant it came as no surprise. Protestors burned tyres and roads were blocked, but to no [...]
The auto industry needs help making its next turnaround
What’s the biggest automotive industry turnaround in recent memory? Chances [...]
Commission’s cunning climate plan lets countries off the hook
The idea of abolishing national targets removes a legally-binding climate [...]
Back to school, not to breathing dirty air
by Barbara Stoll and Zoltán Massay-KosubekIn April this year, as [...]
Why MEPs must withdraw dirty diesel’s ‘license to pollute’
Exactly five years after the Dieselgate scandal broke, the European [...]
Why Europe should focus on its own airline carbon market and forget the UN scheme
At the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, it was difficult [...]
The race is on to stop EU stimulus going to polluting industries
There’s no denying the EU’s budget deal is a historic [...]