Towards the introduction of electric vehicle quotas on the European market?
- In this context of Chinese domination of the global electric car market, which could further increase with the introduction from 2019 of production quotas imposed by the Chinese government to car manufacturers located in China, an independent study (France Strategie) was recently published with the aim of accelerating the development of the electric car in France and in the European Union.
- This study reviews all the schemes put in place in China, California and Norway (three states that strongly encourage the purchase of electric cars and which show promising results), which the European Union could learn from to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles.
- The study suggests that certain measures be evaluated and applied in the European Union, such as quotas imposed on manufacturers, the maintenance of financial aid for the purchase of electric vehicles, free tolls, the possibility of using reserved bus lanes, or wide spread increase in the installation of charging stations.
- To prevent a China take over of the electric vehicle industry, the study calls for industrial policy measures at the European level: a significant effort in research and development in the field of batteries, new materials, new vehicle concepts and recycling will have to be carried out on a European scale.
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