The European automobile sector faces a 2025 year as challenging as decisive. Electric car sales fell 6% in 2024 to 1.44 million units, hence European manufacturers are increasingly far from meeting the objectives of reduction of emissions imposed by Brussels.
And, for now, the clock does not stop: by 2035, the production of combustion cars must disappear and, already in 2025, increase sales of plug -in cars up to 20 % of the total registration, under penalty of fines. Chinese brands, on which tariffs (which have already denounced and mock assembly in Europe) can be a salvation table thanks to Green credits.
European regulations establish CO2 emissions limits. If they do not comply, the fines can reach 15,000 million euros (figure contributed by Luca de Meo in December). But they can be avoided: if a manufacturer pollutes below the legal limit, it can sell its emission rights to other companies, forming a pool of emissions between them.
Here are two manufacturers that everyone wants to join, given the
- Tesla: Elon Musk’s brand has already entered more than 10,000 million dollars selling green credits to other brands. It started with FCA (now Stellantis) and OB
- Byd: The new world leader in electric car sales has already reported that it is in advanced conversations to sell its unused carbon footprint. He has not revealed the names of the partners, everything indicates that Volkswagen, BMW and Renault could be potential buyers.
