2nd ICAI 2022

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2022

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

ambitious objectives - states should be fined EUR 1000 for every charging station not installed (EP Committee on Transport and Tourism, Draft Report on AFIR Reg., p. 20). On the other hand, regarding the EU environmental perspective, and its increased climate ambition for 2030 this new regulation will be a very promising development. It is very consistent, however going much forward, with the whole Fit-for-55 legislative package and following the direction in which the internal market develops. Member states estimate a rapid increase in sales of electric vehicles, albeit with very strong regional differences. Prospects suggest that there could be more than 7 million electric vehicles in 2025 and more than 30 million in 2030. While at the end of 2020 around 1.8 million electric vehicles were registered, many member states revised their ambition on targets and corresponding measures. For 2030, the estimates would represent an overall share of electric cars of around 15% of the total current car stock. However, at single member state level, planning and ambition for 2030 ranges from less than 1% to more than 40% of electric cars in the total car stock (COM/2021/103 final, p. 7). Considering the above mentioned forecast it would be advisable to reformulate some of the binding member states’ obligations – just to guarantee their deployment of a minimum amount of recharging infrastructure at national level that equals a battery electric light-duty vehicle share of 2% of the total projected light-duty vehicle fleet by the end of 2025, than 5% of this fleet until the end of 2027, and 10% by 31 December 2030 (EP Committee on Transport and Tourism, Draft Report on AFIR Reg., p. 31). On balance, the pressing environmental problems involved in the production, transport and use of fossil fuels, the increasing energy demand, and the need for countries to improve energy security and reduce dependence on foreign energy sources are leading countries to promote the use of alternative fuels in the transport sector. Technological gaps and cost differences are becoming increasingly smaller, and it is only to be expected that alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) will soon be very serious competitors of the conventional ones.

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