“Wonderful” idea: The increase in the price of classic cars forces the purchase of electric ones
Automakers have a big problem ahead of them. European giants risk fines of more than 200 million euros if they exceed the CO2 emission limit, a fee that could be more favorable than the bill paid by buyers of new vehicles.
New emissions regulations imposed by Europe on manufacturers are putting major car brands on fire. For now, only Toyota will be spared from contributing to the huge coffers of the European continent, and the others will receive huge fines, some of which are record-breaking.
From now until the last day of 2025, all manufacturers are obliged not only to try to reduce the average emissions of their entire range of cars as much as possible, but also to deliver more electric cars.
Selling a zero-emission model helps offset the emissions of four or five internal combustion models, but it’s not a challenge right now, it’s a dream because the manufacturers aren’t up to it.
Recently, Volkswagen has raised the prices of the complete range of models, and now Stelantis is preparing to do the same, which will raise the prices of its models with SUS and hybrid drive. Jean-Philippe Imparato, head of Alfa Romeo and the French-Italian giant’s European sector, has come up with a measure that has all the ingredients to make customers turn their backs on his brands.
Nothing annoys customers more than push-ups
The Frenchman came up with the “wonderful” idea of increasing the prices of internal combustion models, including hybrids, in order to boost sales of zero-emission models.
In other words, Stelantis wants you to buy their electric cars because they need 25 percent of the sales volume of battery models of all their brands to avoid the terrible fines that Europe will impose on those who go over the CO2 tolerance threshold.
Assuming that all Stelantis brands sell one million units in 2025, and the giant fails to reduce average emissions to 93 g/km – because 95 g/km is already a fine – the fine will be 285 million euros.
Forcing people to buy electric cars is a huge mistake, as it could turn into a real disaster. Nothing annoys customers more than imposing and increasing prices to compensate for the problem of brands, not stakeholders, according to analysts.
But since miracles don’t exist, the only way to sell more electric cars is to force buyers to do so, as some conventional models will be priced similar to, if not higher than, the price of an equivalent electric car.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU decreased by 2.6 percent
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by economic activity in the European Union countries in the second quarter were estimated at 790 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, which is a decrease of 2.6 percent compared to the same period in 2023, when it was 812 million tons of CO2 , was published by the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat).
Eurostat states that the economic sectors are responsible for the biggest reductions – the electricity and gas supply sector (12.1 percent less CO2) and households (4.2 percent).
It was estimated that greenhouse gas emissions were reduced in 19 EU countries, the most in the Netherlands (9.1 percent), Bulgaria (6.3 percent), Austria and Hungary (5.9 percent).
Of the countries that reduced their emissions, five recorded a drop in GDP (Ireland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Austria). The remaining 14 EU countries had GDP growth – Poland, Denmark, Croatia, Spain, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France and Germany.
Source: Klix, Politics, Tanjug
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Source: bizlife.rs
