📢 A new chapter in our
#mobility
journey has begun – and you’re invited along for the ride!🚗🚛🚌
🙌 🚀 Today, we are excited to reveal what
#FutureDriven
is all about! This next phase in our evolution will drive a 🌍 green, 🌐smart, and ⚙️ competitive Europe for all Europeans.
📢 The wait is over, and a new chapter in ACEA’s journey begins!
🆕 Today, we unveil our much-anticipated Manifesto for the EU’s next five-year term.
The Manifesto marks a new departure for ACEA as we launch our unique Roadmap for a
#FutureDriven
European mobility ecosystem
The EU
#automotive
industry is an important bulwark for the EU economy 🚗🚐🚛🚌
In fact, did you know that we contribute to a sizeable 7⃣% of the EU’s GDP?
Find out more
#FutureDrivenFacts
at .
76% of all charging points for
#ElectricCars
are concentrated in just 4 EU countries, which together cover only 27% of the EU’s total surface area! | LEARN MORE:
🎥
#ZeroEmissionTrucks
: Ep.3️⃣ - Transforming the trucking industry together
🚛 Güven Özyurt (
@fordotosan
) & the 🇹🇷 Minister of Industry & Technology
@varank
, discuss how the
#truck
industry transformation is critical for a sustainable future.
WATCH NOW:
Austria 🇦🇹 has the youngest 👶 passenger
#car
fleet 🚘, but what about the other EU countries?
👇 Infographic: average age of the 🇪🇺 motor vehicle
#fleet
.
Electric
#cars
: lower-income countries fall behind 🔋 uptake linked to GDP per capita.
👉 Affordability remains a major issue: "countries with
#EV
share of less than 3️⃣% have average GDP 🔻 €17,000."
PRESS RELEASE:
#RoadToCarbonNeutrality
#FitFor55
#ElectricCars
and future
#CO2
targets: "Some policy makers have completely unrealistic expectations regarding the pace of market development." | READ MORE:
#ZeroEmissionTrucks
must become the backbone of road
#transport
also in urban areas.
Several models are available today in various configurations, adaptable to individual specifications, and able to meet all sorts of municipalities' needs🔌🚛♻️
DISCOVER:
Top 🔟 European countries with the most 🚗
#automobile
factories 🏭
1️⃣ Germany 🇩🇪
2️⃣ France 🇫🇷
3️⃣ United Kingdom 🇬🇧
4️⃣ Italy 🇮🇹
5️⃣ Spain 🇪🇸
6️⃣ Poland 🇵🇱
7️⃣ Netherlands 🇳🇱
8️⃣ Sweden 🇸🇪
9️⃣ Czech Republic 🇨🇿
🔟 Belgium 🇧🇪
🇪🇺 Passenger
#car
registrations: 🔻2️⃣4️⃣% in 2020; -3.3% in December.
👉 "2020 saw the biggest yearly drop in EU car demand since records began, with new-car registrations 🚘 falling by 3 million units compared to 2019."
PRESS RELEASE:
🇪🇺 Passenger
#car
registrations: 📉 -2️⃣3️⃣% in December 2021.
🚨 "Overall in 2021, sales of new
#cars
in the EU fell by 2.4% to 9.7 million units, or 🔻 3.3 million below pre-crisis sales in 2019."
PRESS RELEASE:
Top 5 European countries with the most 🚗
#automobile
factories 🏭
1️⃣ Germany 🇩🇪 = 42
2️⃣ France 🇫🇷 = 31
3️⃣ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 = 30
4️⃣ Italy 🇮🇹 = 23
5️⃣ Spain 🇪🇸 = 17
ACEA officially launches a new brand identity and vision today, coinciding with its 30th anniversary this year.
💬
@ACEA_DG
: “We are working towards a new era of
#mobility
, where all Europeans can access affordable
#transport
solutions.”
PRESS RELEASE:
🚛🚌 European
#truck
and
#bus
manufacturers not only keep people and goods on the move, but they are at the forefront of decarbonising heavy-duty
#transport
.
👨🏭 👩💼 The people behind the zero-emissions
#vehicles
we produce are at the heart of driving this green transition.
🤔 Did you know the European
#automotive
sector makes a sizeable contribution to public budgets?
👉A whopping €390 billion across major European countries – that’s more than the GDP of over half of EU member states!
#FutureDrivenFacts
#FutureDriven
🔗
Top 🔟 European countries with the most 🚗
#automobile
factories 🏭
1️⃣ Germany 🇩🇪
2️⃣ France 🇫🇷
3️⃣ United Kingdom 🇬🇧
4️⃣ Italy 🇮🇹
5️⃣ Spain 🇪🇸
6️⃣ Poland 🇵🇱
7️⃣ Netherlands 🇳🇱
8️⃣ Sweden 🇸🇪
9️⃣ Czech Republic 🇨🇿
🔟 Belgium 🇧🇪
More good news for the EU
#car
market 🇪🇺 🚗
📈 October 2023 saw a 14.6% surge in registrations, marking 15 consecutive months of growth!
➡️ Year-to-date registrations are up🔺 16.7%, nearing 9 million sales!
🔋 Battery-electric
#cars
hit 14.2% market share, outpacing diesel
Roadmap for the Deployment of
#AutomatedDriving
in the European Union 🇪🇺: explains the key benefits and different levels (including
#Autonomous
and
#SelfDriving
vehicles), as well as all the associated terminology, in a clear and visual way | DISCOVER:
Top 5 🇪🇺 countries with the 📈 most motor
#vehicles
per 1,000 inhabitants
1️⃣ Luxembourg 🇱🇺 = 781
2️⃣ Poland 🇵🇱 = 747
3️⃣ Italy 🇮🇹 = 742
4️⃣ Estonia 🇪🇪 = 703
5️⃣ France 🇫🇷 = 671
Top 🔟 countries of origin of EU motor vehicle 🚍🚘
#imports
(in units)
1⃣ Turkey 🇹🇷
2⃣ Japan 🇯🇵
3⃣ South Korea 🇰🇷
4⃣ United States 🇺🇸
5⃣ Morocco 🇲🇦
6⃣ South Africa 🇿🇦
7⃣ China 🇨🇳
8⃣ Mexico 🇲🇽
9⃣ Thailand 🇹🇭
🔟 Switzerland 🇨🇭
#ElectricCars
and future
#CO2
targets: "Some policy makers have completely unrealistic expectations regarding the pace of market development." | LEARN WHY:
Interactive map: 🚛 Truck
#hydrogen
refuelling stations ⛽ needed in Europe by 2025 and 2030, per country
👉 "300
#truck
‐suitable
#H2
stations across the EU by 2025, and at least 1,000 no later than 2030"
DISCOVER:
#RoadToCarbonNeutrality
#FitFor55
#EV
infrastructure remains highly unevenly ⚖️ distributed throughout the EU.
Four countries 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧:
😕 Only cover 2️⃣7️⃣% of the region’s total 🗺️ surface area.
😲 But account for more than 7️⃣5️⃣% of all 🔌 charging points for electric
#cars
.
DISCOVER:
The first edition of ACEA's 🚍
#Automotive
Regulatory Guide 📑 is now out! This unique publication counts 145 pages and provides a comprehensive overview of the 🌍 national and international
#regulations
governing the automotive industry | DISCOVER:
🎥
#ZeroEmissionTrucks
: Ep.1⃣ - Politics meets the industry
🇸🇪 Minister Thorwaldsson (
@Naringsdep
) & Christian Levin (CEO
@ScaniaGroup
) discuss how the switch to new
#trucks
must be financially viable & supported by appropriate infrastructure.
WATCH NOW:
Today, there are some 100,000 charging points for
#ElectricCars
in the EU. At least 2 million will be needed by 2025, according to conservative estimates by the
@EU_Commission
. That is a twenty-fold increase within the next 7 years! | DISCOVER WHY:
Fact: the EU is by far the 🥇 world's largest investor in
#automotive
R&D 💡, spending €61 billion on
#innovation
each year.
That 7️⃣ times the amount spent by
#China
annually (🇨🇳 = €8.5 billion)!
#Coronavirus
: 🇪🇺
#AutoIndustry
faces unprecedented crisis 🚨
"With all manufacturing coming to a standstill and the retail network effectively closed, the 👨🏭 jobs of 14 million Europeans are now at stake."
PRESS RELEASE:
Overview 🔌 Electric vehicles: Tax benefits & purchase incentives 💶 in the European Union, 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ update.
✔️ 20 🇪🇺 member states offer bonus payments or premiums to buyers of
#EVs
.
DISCOVER:
Top 5 🏆 European countries with the most
#automotive
manufacturing
#jobs
👩🔧
1️⃣ Germany 🇩🇪 = 882,046
2️⃣ France 🇫🇷 = 229,422
3️⃣ Poland 🇵🇱 = 213,708
4️⃣ Romania 🇷🇴 = 190,848
5⃣ Czech Republic 🇨🇿 = 181,415
🎥
#EuroVII
: A threat to European competitiveness and jobs
In this video, Martin Lundstedt (Chair of ACEA CV Board and CEO of
@VolvoGroup
) flags the risk that Euro VII will slow down the decarbonisation of road
#transport
.
READ MORE:
@transportforum
Top 🔟 European countries with the most
#automotive
manufacturing
#jobs
👩🔧
1️⃣ Germany 🇩🇪
2️⃣ France 🇫🇷
3️⃣ Poland 🇵🇱
4️⃣ Romania 🇷🇴
5⃣ Czech Republic 🇨🇿
6⃣ Italy 🇮🇹
7⃣ United Kingdom 🇬🇧
8⃣ Spain 🇪🇸
9⃣ Hungary 🇭🇺
1⃣0⃣ Sweden 🇸🇪
The CEOs of Europe’s
#car
makers met with Frans
@TimmermansEU
for a constructive discussion on
#ClimateAction
and
#CO2
emissions.
💬 "EU policy makers and the auto industry share the
#EUGreenDeal
’s vision of 🌍 climate neutrality by 2050."
PRESS RELEASE:
4 countries covering only one quarter of the EU’s total surface area – 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 – account for more than 75% of all
#ElectricCar
charging points in the EU 🇪🇺, according to the latest ACEA’s analysis | DISCOVER:
✅ Sales of 🔋 electrically-chargeable
#cars
in the EU increased by 1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣% over the past three years.
❌ During the same period, however, the number of 🔌 charging points for
#EVs
grew by just 5️⃣8️⃣%.
DISCOVER:
#Car
makers open to higher
#CO2
targets, if there is matching 🔌⛽ infrastructure ramp-up across EU.
👉 "The number of
#EV
chargers and
#hydrogen
stations that 🇪🇺 states deploy will determine what is a 🎯 realistic CO2 target for 2030.”
PRESS RELEASE:
#eMobility
: only 1️⃣ in 9️⃣ charging points in EU is fast
🔌 "The
#AFIR
proposal is nowhere near ambitious enough. What is more, it is totally misaligned with the proposed new
#CO2
targets for cars."
PRESS RELEASE:
#RoadToCarbonNeutrality
#FitFor55
🤔 Did you know that
#buses
are one of the fastest-growing vehicle types to electrify?
⚡️Electrically chargeable buses now make up almost 16% of all EU bus sales – that’s a sizeable 250% increase over the past five years!
🚌 But with the deadline to achieve ambitious CO2
Affordability of 🔋 electric
#cars
: all countries with an
#EV
market share of 🔻 less than 1️⃣% have a GDP below €30,000 💰 including 🇪🇺 member states in Central and Eastern Europe, but also 🇮🇹 Italy and Greece 🇬🇷 | LEARN WHY:
#EUGreenDeal
Motor
#vehicles
🚙🚌🚚 generate more than €440 billion in
#taxes
💶 for national governments in major European markets.
🤯 That is more than 2️⃣.5️⃣ times the total budget of the 🇪🇺 European Union!
📣 New study reveals the true cost of the
@EU_Commission
#Euro7
proposal:
📈 Increase in manufacturing costs are x4️⃣ - x🔟 higher than Commission estimates = approx €2,000 for 🚗 & 🚐 and almost €12,000 for 🚛 & 🚌!
#RethinkEuro7
#RoadSafety
fact 🚗 – The behaviour of road users is the area with by far the biggest potential for improving
#RoadSafety
.
⚠️ Indeed, 90% of all road accidents today are linked to
#HumanError
!
LEARN MORE:
#Car
sales: return to growth 📈 in 2022, but concerns on
#charging
points persist 🔌
💬 Oliver Zipse, ACEA President and CEO
@BMWGroup
: “
#EV
sales increased more than 1️⃣0️⃣-fold since 2017, whereas the number of
#chargers
grew 2️⃣.5️⃣ times.”
PRESS RELEASE:
🚛 🚌 Heavy-duty
#vehicles
are an essential part of Europe’s transport ecosystem. European truck and bus makers are pioneering vital emerging technologies for future
#mobility
needs.
➡️ None of this is possible without people like
@DAFTrucksNV
's Nicole, who support the
🎥
#ZeroEmissionTrucks
: Ep.4⃣ - Reaching a fully operational network 🔌🚚🚛
💬 "
#ZeroEmissionTrucks
are here. We now have to deploy the infrastructure. If we don’t do this, we will lose it."
WATCH HERE:
Top 5 countries with the highest
#automotive
manufacturing
#employment
in the EU
1) 🇩🇪 Germany
2) 🇫🇷 France
3) 🇵🇱 Poland
4) 🇷🇴 Romania
5) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom