Car companies protest, emissions fines threaten to make cars more expensive next year by tens of thousands – World News

“It would mean a huge impact on car prices, production and customers. It should be reassessed, earlier than 2026 as currently planned. Cars could be more expensive for some manufacturers by tens of thousands of crowns,” Pokorný told Novinkám.

On Thursday, the European car association ACEA, whose board includes the heads of major European car companies, called for an urgent review of the emission regulations. It also wants a review of the ban on the sale of new vehicles with combustion engines from 2035.

For a vehicle that produces emissions above the limit, 95 euros (2,380 crowns) will be paid for each additional gram. Emissions are then calculated for the car company’s entire fleet. This year the limit is 115 grams of CO2 per kilometer, next year it should be around 94 grams. In theory, this reduction would be reflected in the price by fifty thousand crowns per car.

“The reflection in the price would be reflected in lower sales, as customers would not have money for new cars,” said Pokorný.

The total emissions of cars are reduced by the electric cars produced. “So far, every electric car sold counts with a bonus, so it has a bigger impact on the total reported emissions. Starting next year, however, this will no longer be the case,” explained Pokorný.

The vice president of the Porsche car company Wendelin Wiedeking told the German newspaper Bild this week that a fine of fifteen billion (376 billion crowns) could be imposed on car companies next year. “Politicians have made inappropriate promises. You can want anything, but it must be achievable. Fines are at risk of literally ruining Europe’s most important business sector,” said Wiedeking.

“Europe is losing credibility because it is setting goals it cannot achieve alone,” said German Transport Minister Volker Wissing, a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party.

ACEA said that companies face the frightening prospect of either billions of euros in fines or unnecessary production cuts, job losses and a weakening of the European supply chain. The German concern Volkswagen said recently that they are considering closing some factories.

Brussels is now under strong pressure from EU member states, including Germany and Italy, to review the ban on internal combustion engines. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Wednesday that it was a self-defeating policy and promised to put pressure on the EU to reverse the decision.

“The green movement cannot mean the destruction of thousands of jobs or the collapse of entire industries that create wealth and employment,” said Meloni, criticizing the “disastrous effects” of the European Green Deal.

“The Green Deal as designed has failed,” Italian Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said at a recent business forum. “The European car industry is collapsing,” he said. weak demand for electric cars has already forced the owner of the Fiat brand Stellantis to stop the production of electric cars Fiat 500 at its factory in Turin for a month.