car manufacturers in Europe, of the European Union They must reduce their CO2 emissions in accordance with the targets they have set. For this reason, there are those who hastily converted their entire catalog to electric, and there are those who behave comfortably as long as there is time. Although environmental concerns are at the heart of this, car manufacturers have obviously not yet found a fuel that can replace petrol at this stage.

That is why the discussions continue. That’s right, but the European Union’s calendar is also moving forward. The respective calendar lists various targets for time periods such as 2020-2024, 2025-2029, 2029-2034, and car manufacturers also request these targets in the relevant time periods. expects that they will achieve the objectives. This is obviously not a polite request. Producers are punished if they do not comply with these objectives.

Under the 2020 targets, a total of $552 million in fines was imposed.

of this punishment $106 million While Volkswagen is paying, Volkswagen says it missed its 2020 target by 0.75 g/km. Jaguar Land Rover paid a fine of $35 to $43.5 million due to the 3g/km value. Although we can’t see the totals, there are big names on the list such as Suzuki, Subaru, Bentley, Lamborghini and McLaren.

Suzuki missed its target by 10.4 grams per km, according to Automotive News Europe. This means that you have to pay a fine of almost 1,000 euros per vehicle. If we look at the number of vehicles, approx 160 million euros doing. At Subaru this is 34 grams per km. In total this is 3,230 euros per vehicle. 52 million euros doing.

Emission targets for 2020In the old NEDC standard this was 95 grams per km. The new WLTP standard was set at 120 grams per km. Naturally, these standards are determined one by one, from brand to brand and according to the classes and masses of the vehicles within the brand.

Bugatti was the only brand out of 91 to exceed its target by 2022, but the company, which sold just 30 vehicles during the year, was not sanctioned.

Failure to comply with these rules is a violation of registration in Europe. $102 per vehicle It starts with fines (95 euros), which are multiplied annually by every gram of CO2 per kilometer that exceeds the target. The money received goes to the general fund of the European Union.

The EU, which will reduce its emissions targets by 25 percent next year, will achieve this target in the period 2030-2034. 49.5 g/km will make. The goal is to sell completely zero-emission vehicles in Europe by 2035.