Overview
- Conservative, Social Democrat and liberal groups in the European Parliament agreed to downgrade the Commission’s proposed country‑specific, binding electric‑vehicle quotas for large corporate fleets to voluntary “aspirational” targets, a position reported on Tuesday.
- Under the compromise member states would face no penalties for missing the aspirational fleet targets, removing the draft’s enforcement mechanism that would have required high EV shares in commercial registrations from 2030.
- The same centrist agreement proposes easing the 2035 fleet CO2 cut so manufacturers must only reach an effective 87.5 percent reduction if they use climate‑friendly European steel as an offset instead of a full 100 percent phase‑out.
- Industry and fleet operators had strongly opposed binding quotas, arguing they would force rapid operational changes, and the compromise responds directly to those concerns by reducing near‑term compliance pressure.
- The draft now moves to an Environment Committee vote expected in early November and to a December plenary before trilogue talks with the Council and Commission will seek a final legal outcome; corporate registrations currently make up a large share of new EU car sales, so committee decisions will shape fleet electrification rates.