Delivering clean & safe mobility

What our industry offers

• An increasingly wide-ranging and diverse offer of zero- and low-emission vehicles (ZLEVs).
• Vehicles that will continuously emit less pollutants, stepping up our contribution to cleaner cities and a healthier environment.
• Cutting-edge active safety technology for vehicles, enhanced by cooperative and automated systems, that can help to prevent accidents from happening.
• Better communication with citizens on safe driving and a more effective use of those safety features already available in their vehicles.

What Europe should do

• Draw up a comprehensive plan for the transition to low- and zero-emission mobility, as has already been done in China and the United States.
• Develop appropriate strategies and enabling conditions to deal with the wider implications of this shift, notably on:
  • The lack of recharging and refuelling infrastructure, including leveraging EU funding instruments;
  • The very different skills and training required for the production, maintenance and recycling of ZLEVs;
  • The impact of the ZLEV transition on today’s jobs and key automotive regions;
  • The production and recycling of batteries, as well as securing the availability of affordable raw materials.
• Provide a consistent and realistic roadmap for the development of future CO2 emission standards for cars, vans, trucks and buses.
• Ensure the better coordination of climate change and air quality policies, including assessing the impact of any future Euro standards for pollutant emissions.
• Collect and analyse EU-wide accident data to have a more solid knowledge base for choosing further safety measures.