Electric car: the Renault director is convinced that we must not “give up”

2024-07-25 21:28:23

This is one of the goals to achieve in 2035. The goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union for new cars from 2035 seems to be leaving due to three important conditions, including the development of electric cars, not unified, explained. The European Court of Auditors in a report, published last April.

If the sales of electric cars record a drop of 11.2% in 2024 compared to the previous year, the general director of Renault, Luca de Meo, remains confident: we must not “give up” on the development of this technology , he warned this Thursday. . “We are very sure that electric power will be the most advanced technology in Europe, and it is better if we want to reduce the impact of transportation,” assured the director of the French car manufacturer.

Back to the last comments you made last Monday, in the newspaper Les Échos, the fear of “misunderstanding” when he said that the purpose of 100% sale of electric cars in 2035 is “complex” and he hoped for the delay of this deadline for the European Union. And for good reason: manufacturers risk heavy fines from 2025 if they don’t sell enough electric vehicles.

“No one can accuse an auto company of not doing the job”

To meet the CO2 emission standards, the car industry will have to increase the sales of electric vehicles, or reduce its production by 2.5 million hot cars in Europe, according to calculations by Luca de Meo . For the owner of Renault, the idea is to respect these standards and avoid fines, but at the company level “the trend we see is not good, because there is no uniform approach at the European level.

“It will be necessary to observe, as it is in all wisdom, and to correct it, but without losing the goal of going there,” said the man who is also the president of ACEA, the European car industry. Adding that “no one can accuse the (car) company that has not done the job”, he called on the European Union to continue working on the charging infrastructure, or by adding more power, for example, the the goal of electrification of the company’s fleet, he suggested. .