The stricter CO2 limits for new cars and the car industry stress. VW wants to rebuild his group more and more. The Lobby warns of the massive loss of jobs.
Skeptical, the German economy Minister, Peter Altmaier (CDU), was in relation to the new CO2 rules for passenger Cars. “We were right from the beginning the realistic limits you can reach,” he said. The adopted values were “very ambitious” – but ultimately a compromise, Altmaier.
The new rules stipulate that by 2030 new vehicles from European manufacturers 37.5 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. As a comparison, the level targeted for the year 2021. Germany originally wanted to only 30 per cent reduction, with wore decision. The European Parliament was passed with a requirement for a 40 percent decrease in the negotiations.
Defeat for the car lobby
For the German automotive manufacturers and suppliers, the decision is considered a defeat. The industry is considered to be one of the most important in Germany, with 820.000 directly employed. So it is not surprising that the decision will be criticized from all sides. “This regulation calls for too much and delivering too little,” said Bernhard Mattes, President of the German Association of the automotive industry (VDA). “Nobody knows today how the adopted limits in the allotted time can be achieved.” Nowhere else there is similar to the strict CO2 targets. Thus, Europe’s auto industry will be charged in the international competition.
Bernhard Mattes, President of the German Association of the automotive industry (VDA)
From the point of view of the trade Union IG metal, the new regulations are a direct threat to many Thousands of Jobs in the German nuclear industry. A Union leader Jörg Hofmann is disappointed: In Brussels, was “re-played” and “without a strategy and implementation concept for a new destination number” has been proclaimed. “The Federal government has represented the interests of the industrial location Germany is totally inadequate,” says Hofmann.
The car maker Volkswagen VW needs to respond according to their own statements now. So far it is assumed that CO2 emissions should fall by 2030 to 30 percent, said CEO Herbert Diess in Wolfsburg. This goal got it covered VW with its electric strategy, which should flow in the next five years, 30 billion euros. Now VW needs to lift the share of E-cars in the total sales by 2030, to over 40 percent, according to Diess. Possibly, more gas would have to be omitted so that the plant structures rebuilt clearer and additional battery cell factories to be built. Diess also complained about: “Fully cleared the creation of environmentally friendly electricity, as well as the necessary Charging infrastructure in this context.”
E-cars bring less value-added in Germany
Because electric cars are significantly less components and steps are necessary, could be eliminated 200,000 Jobs in Germany, said IG Metall chief Hofmann. “The mobility and the energy turnaround is certainly necessary – however, it needs a clear strategy and a bundle of concrete measures”, said Hofmann. “It’s not enough to just say what you want, but you also have to tell you how to technically and socially acceptable way to go – especially when tens of thousands of jobs are at stake.”
The German environment Minister, Svenja Schulze (SPD) has welcomed the EU compromise to more stringent climate protection targets for new cars. The car maker would have to make an effort, so that new vehicles emit by 2030, as agreed, 37.5 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) as 2021, said Schulze. But the incentives for more efficient cars and clean mobility strengthened the car site in Europe.
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Diesel will be a non-starter
Environmentalists don’t go to the new requirements of the EU for the future CO2 emissions from cars far enough. “From a climate protection point of view, much more would have been necessary,” said the European Director of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), Peter Mock. In order to meet the Paris climate protection agreement must reduce EU CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in 2030 by about 70 percent.
Diesel in focus
There is a “more-than-Herculean task” for the manufacturer, to achieve the CO2 goals by 2030, industry expert Stefan Bratzel from the CAM Institute in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, said on Tuesday. The current efforts in the direction of E-mobility would need to be increased significantly. As the biggest obstacle to a breakthrough in a missing nationwide network of charging stations. The Diesel would be needed as a bridge technology, argues the industry. In addition, the rate of return in the booming SUV Segment is at its highest, and these heavy vehicles are Diesel. However, the exhaust gas scandal, the loss of confidence in the drive and the threat of driving bans have sent the Diesel registrations on a downward spiral. This led to the manufacturers, the CO2 trap is threatening. Because many Diesel launch with comparable power output, less CO2 than gasoline. Say are sold The less Diesel, the more difficult it is to achieve the CO2 targets.
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