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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

Green Car Congress

ACEA cautions that the targets must be realistic, taking into account what people can actually afford to buy. On the other end of the spectrum, a country such as Romania—roughly six times bigger than the Netherlands—only has 114 charging points. of total EU car sales in 2017. percentage points between 2014 and 2017.

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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Cars That Think

A case in point is intelligent speed assistance, which Ford has offered in Europe on the S-Max since 2015 and on the more affordable Focus since 2017 , well before the EU had even decided to make it mandatory. “In Some people, however, kind of like being nannied. Mandates aren’t the only way.

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