Providing certainties at a time when there are not many certainties: this is the task of the European Union according to Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport, asked about the role of politics in the transition process towards the electrification of mobility. And on the words of Matteo Salvini, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, who defined “suicide” the EU strategy on electric cars, adds: “I prefer not to comment“.
Valean's comment
“We must carefully observe what is happening and we have to be very careful because the moment we decide to have only electric vehicles we see that there are champions of the automotive industry in the world, which are the European manufacturers, but we see that they are not yet capable of being competitive enough“Valean's statements reported by Ansa.
The theme of addiction
The fundamental theme, according to the European Commissioner for Transport, is that of dependence: “Electric cars from European manufacturers are still too expensive, because there is a dependence on other parts of the world for raw materials such as steel and because we cannot easily produce them ourselves. And then there is the problem of batterieswhich are the main and most expensive part of the electric car, which are not yet performing enough, thus creating further dependence of the European industry”.
Check before the finish line
On the decision to ban the sale of cars with combustion engines in Europe from 2035Valean concludes: “It's the final goal, but we have set a intermediate verification moment, putting all the ideas we have on the table to realize where we are and how realistic our program is. Today there is still a lot of uncertainty for the industry and it is not a positive thing because politicians are supposed to be able to give certainty and predictability to their decisions and opening a new discussion next year is something feasible” .
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