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  • Transport and electric vehicles dominates the COP26 in Paris  

    COP26 or the 26th conference of Paris to UNFCCC or United Nations Framework Convention For Climate Change then concluded with the cities, several nations, financial institutions, automobile companies and the other vital stakeholders which are signing the COP26 Declaration on the transport.

    Transport was a main agenda on COP26’s 10th day and it is not surprising that this is a sector which contributes to whopping 25% of the global GHG emissions with a rise in the percentage.

    This is a declaration which is to ensure the sector which maintains the 1.5-degree threshold. Aim ultimately here is to speed the smooth transition to the electric vehicles as they phase out the sale of the vehicles which are fossil fuel based by 2040. The leading automobile nations are setting up a steep target to do so by the year 2035.

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    Entire system of transport has been struggling with the structural issues like the traffic congestion, commute affordability and adequate infrastructure availability among the other issues. It does not mean that electrification of whole fleet is going to drastically change the pollution- related issues. The transition towards the e-mobility is among the many elements of the larger systematic change required for enabling a climate-friendly, sustainable, resilient ecosystem of transport.

    With all the technological know-how available in the world today, the speeding up of transition from the ICE to zero-emission or EVs is among the necessary steps for substantially reduce the pollution while creating the job opportunities.

    Sustainable transport is offering the transportation facilities while achieving the environmental objectives for mitigation of pollution. What brightens up this picture is that these maybe provided at a lower cost, making this a lot more affordable mode of transport for the poorer households.

    Public transport is the choice of the commute in different cities across a country, making a major portion of the monthly spending.

  • Chinese electric vehicles are offering a challenge to Europe

    The Chinese electric vehicles are now making their way into Europe and are aiming to win the sales volume from manufacturers such as Volkswagen which are looking to sell higher volumes of vehicle. But Mercedes, BMW and Audi cannot afford to get complacent as the companies will be coming for the upmarket manufacturers too.

    The premium markets however are going to be a lot more difficult to target as it is going to be difficult to compete with the status symbols which Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche have become over the years and the nameplates BYD, Aiways, Xpeng or NIO may not have the same impact.

    It has been said that the share of the Chinese manufacturers of the battery electric vehicles in Europe may rise to about 15% by the year 2025 from 5% that it is right now. The big carmakers of Europe are currently hamstrung by the EU CO2 regulations which are in favor of the bigger, expansive and higher profit market electric cars and therefore seem unable to compete with the mid-price challenge and are even less inclined to contemplate a rise of the cheaper electric runabout.

    It is difficult to believe that the EU policy which is going to hollow the industry out and cause many job losses will be going unchallenged.

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    The market is vulnerable and the brands have been notching up impressive sales which are based on the high-standard equipment levels and have prices which are below the competitive companies.

    Chinese electric vehicles are going to go unopposed from the European electric vehicles. The earlier hurdles such as quality which were being faced by the ICE versions of the Chinese electric vehicles will not be faced by the electric vehicles as they have a superior quality in the recent past due to better manufacturing.

  • Electric Vehicle Tax credit statement issued by United States and European Union

    European Union and United States on Monday have said that that there has been progress addressing the concerns of the European Union about a climate law of United States which would cut the electric vehicles from the tax credits of United States of the European Union but also failed to resolve this matter. Electric vehicle tax credit has been a major talking point lately.

    They had issued a statement jointly after the third TTC between US and EU which had vowed for working constructively for resolving it.

    The joint statement said that they acknowledge the concerns of EU and underline the commitment for addressing them constructively and taking note of the progress which was made by the task force set up for addressing the dispute. The Trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis had called $430 billion United States inflation reduction act as discriminatory and had urged many steps which may be taken before the end of the year for modifying this law. It also offers consumers tax credits as much as $7,500 for the newer purchases of Ford, Tesla and Other EVs which were made by North America.

    Antony Blinken who has said that the council has enabled both the sides which account for a combined 40% of the output of global economy for making concrete, practical progress on many issues including the counter of Ukraine-Russia war and said that he was confident of tax credit issue may be resolved. He said that they all came out of the meetings convinced that this was a way of coming up with a solution and a way forward for both the organizations. They feel optimistic over this as they race against time to reach some conclusion before the new measures start coming in from the coming year. That would be critical for both the countries.

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  • Switzerland may limit electric vehicle usage due to electricity shortage.

    Electric vehicles Europe situation will have to be on high alert as Switzerland may be forced to limit the use of electric vehicles if the electric supply shortages happen in winter. This is under a new four-pronged plan for preventing blackouts and power cuts.

    For maintaining energy security in the Winter months, Switzerland may be the first country which limits driving and using the electric vehicles.  

    Driving an electric vehicle might be banned in Switzerland unless the journey is an absolutely necessary one in the third stage of the power conservation plan. The country is also going to plan a stricter limit of speed on the highways in the action plan which is proposed recently but hasn’t been adopted yet. Typically, Switzerland imports its electricity from both Germany and France for meeting its demands for power but the supply is constrained this year from their neighbors.

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    The nuclear fleet available to France is a lot lower than it was and that has led to this country becoming an importer of electricity after many years of calling itself a net exporter.

    French Electricity grid will be at a risk higher than any of the previous years for strained power supplies in the month of January. France may also be facing a risk of power cuts in the winter and the electricity supply might not be enough to meet all demands.

    The situation is also similar in Germany as the utilities are now having to make up for the loss that they have faced due to the disruptions from Russian pipelines.

    Power supply is still uncertain in Switzerland and the trouble with electric capacity not being there might not be ruled out.

    This may be a big impacting factor and one which the electric vehicles Europe association would have to take seriously for the growth of the electric vehicles.

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  • Car Lobby in UK pushing for urgent action to develop electric vehicle infrastructure

    In an important development for the electric vehicles Europe, there has been a call from the car lobby in United Kingdom for taking urgent action for helping the industry transition into the electric vehicle production including the support for the high energy costs, investments and tax reforms particularly when it comes to the charging infrastructure.

    The electric vehicle Europe association has not commented so far, but the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have said that the UK auto industry is going to face multiple threats as it is going to shift away from the fossil-fuel technology including the economic instability, trade protectionism, cost of living crisis, skill shortage and soaring cost of the energy already close to 80% higher than the European average.

    UK Car Lobby - Electric vehicles

    The country’s car industry is also facing a challenge related to Brexit under the rules of origin agreed with the EU starting in the year 2024, a rising proportion of a particular vehicle would have to be made locally. Therefore, Britain is going to be under pressure to build the battery supply chain of Electric vehicles.

    The UK government efforts thus fac have been fostering less results as only one motor electric vehicle factory project has come up and that too has failed to gain any traction with the investors.

    The industry employs close to 170,000 people and they could be in trouble without enough plants to work on. This is going to come as the former Prime Minister of the country, Boris Johnson has been pushing for a UK ban on the new combustion engine models by the year 2030.

    SMMT said that it wanted the government plan to ensure the competitiveness, attract the investment and driving skills, innovation and the long-term growth.

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    The group said that this should include an extended support for the energy costs and help for the struggling businesses.