Let’s close the Italian “Motor Valley” if even supercars will have to adapt to 100% electric power in just a few years compared to the production cycle of the industries. The alarm was raised by the Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, speaking of the EU climate package that requires the production of zero-emission cars from 2035 in relation to cars such as Ferrari and Lamborghini. «In these days we are talking with the automotive sector» – said Cingolani – and it clearly emerges that «there is a great opportunity in electrification. But it was communicated by the EU commission that even niche productions, such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, McLaren, will have to adapt to full electric. This means that, with constant technology, with a constant set-up, the Motor Valley (ie the motor district in Emilia Romagna, ed.) we close it ». «If we thought today that we have a penetration of 50% of electric cars straight away – he notes – we would not even have the raw materials to make them, nor the grid to manage it. Over a 14-year production cycle, it is unthinkable to think that the automotive and supersport niches will readjust themselves ».
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The time factor and equity
“There is a key factor that sometimes people do not consider – added the minister – the transition must have a specific time, if we are too slow we will fail as homo sapiens but if we go too fast we will fail as a society”. In addition to the timing, concluded Cingolani, there is a “second thing to consider: we must address inequality on a global level that does not make the transition easy on a global level. We are relatively lucky because we can talk about reconversion, hydrogen, green mobility … but what about the other 3 billion people who have more pressing problems on the planet? We must find common rules and support emerging countries ».
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The impasse al G20
The climate node is at the center of the G20 debate. «Next week – added Cingolani – I have a heavy assignment which is to coordinate the G20 Climate, environment, energy which will be in Naples. We have all the teams at work right now and I can assure you that we are struggling to achieve a unified document; and we are talking about 20 countries, not 160 ». Among the 20 countries, Cingolani recalled, there are those that make up 80% of GDP and already these 20 are struggling to accept 55% of decarbonisation by 2030.
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