After thermal cars, it was the turn of buses and HGVs to take center stage in Europe, again due to their polluting emissions. And to reduce these famous emissions or even reduce them to zero within a few years, The European Commission decided to hit hardas for a car.
The Commission has therefore proposed to reduce emissions from heavy goods vehicles sold in the European Union by 90% compared to 2019, starting in 2040. Certainly later than for cars, but the transition is also slower for trucks. industry. Furthermore, the Commission wants to introduce it from 2030 all new city buses being put into operation have zero emissions.
After the cars in the viewfinder are thermal weight trucks
This is currently only suggested text. It will then be discussed between the member states of the European Union and MEPs. This strategy is part of the European Climate Plan aimed at carbon neutrality in Europe in 2050.
It will be recalled that the agreement reached at the end of October between 27 members of the European Parliament and negotiators from the European Parliament on the cessation of sales of new cars and vans with internal combustion engines from 2035 was officially approved on Tuesday at a plenary session in Strasbourg.
“To achieve our climate and zero pollution goals, all parts of the transport sector must actively contribute”including heavy trucks so that in 2050 “virtually all vehicles on our roads will have zero emissions”stressed the vice-president of the Commission responsible for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans.
To more electric or hydrogen heavy duty trucks
For this, the proposed text is based on exact figures. According to several studies, trucks, city buses and intercity buses contribute more than 6% of the total greenhouse gas emissions of the European Union and around 25% of road transport emissions.
“Manufacturers will be able to use technologies of their choice to achieve these goals, such as electrification, hydrogen fuel cells or hydrogen.”, – says the commission. Some agglomerations did not wait for this European decision to green their parks. Electric buses are now running in several cities. This applies to Paris, for example, even if a few diesel buses have recently returned to the fleet to solve some of the problems with electric buses.
The text proposes a schedule to gradually reduce emissions from trucks over five tonnes and intercity buses (over 7.5 tonnes) with similar engines by tightening emission standards from 2030. For cars sold from 2030, emissions must be reduced by at least 45% compared to the level of 2019 65% from 2035 and 90% from 2040, still relative to 2019 levels.
The text also states what will happen allowances provided for vehicles produced in small quantities for mining, forestry and agricultural purposes, for vehicles of the armed forces and fire departments, ambulances and medical vehicles, or for trucks intended for garbage collection.
Source: Auto Plus
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