Notes on the revision of the EU CO₂ emission performance standards for cars and light commercial vehicles (Regulation (EU) 2019/631)

With this paper, Agora Verkehrswende comments on the planned revision of the CO₂ emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles in the European Union. Agora Verkehrswende identifies eight main findings:

• Tighten the CO₂ limit value for 2030 considering values of up to 75 percent.
• Adjust the limit value for 2025 in view of the tightened value for 2030.
• Introduce limit value pathways over time after 2025.
• Introduce supplementary limit values for combustion cars only.
• Do not account for fuels in the legislation of cars.
• Make the emission levels for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) more realistic in the short term and in the longer term.
• Drop the ZLEV factor.
• The CO₂ emission standards for road vehicles must be complemented by energy efficiency standards at least for electric vehicles.