A large number of car brands are already unable to live up to the limits of what their model programs emit of CO2. This means large stalls from the EU.
Next year, the EU will introduce even stricter emission requirements for the car industry. And if the car brands don't live up to them, large stalls will be immediately set up.
Volkswagen and BMW are some of the car brands that have already complained loudly about the prospect of the stalls. They want to be allowed to screw up more. Read more about it here .
But as it looks now, Volkswagen and BMW are facing big stalls because they emit too much. This is shown by a report from the analysis company Dataforce, which Automotive News has seen.
For Volkswagen, it is a drag that the sister brands in the group have too few electric cars in the fleet and thus, on paper, emit too much CO2.
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In 2025, the new average CO2 limit per kilometer for the car brands' model programs 93.6 grams. Right now it is 116 grams.
Ford is also having serious trouble getting below the emission limits. In fact, Ford is the car brand that is currently at the biggest stand on the EU's side.
And the stall can get even bigger. Because Ford has this week announced that the brand is scrapping the development of an electric car, which has already been delayed. In addition, the brand will spend less money on electric cars in general. Ford is also dropping the idea of selling only electric cars in the EU by 2030.
There is, however, a small lifeline for the strict car manufacturers. Together they can form so-called 'emission pools' and subsequently buy them from each other in a criss-crossing manner. It is these pools that for many years have procured, among other things, Tesla billion revenue every year.
At Renault, the management has directly called on the EU to postpone the stricter emission requirements because electric car sales are lagging. In fact, it is, among other things, in Germany directly collapsed for the 7th month in a row.
Conversely, investments in plug-in hybrids, which include Volkswagen and Ford are betting on backlash. Stricter requirements for plug-in hybrids' consumption figures are set to make the car type much more expensive already in 2027. Read more about it here .
These car brands stand – in chronological order – for the biggest CO2 booths from New Year:
Ford
The Volkswagen Group
The Renualt-Nissan alliance
The Stellantis Group
Hyundai
Mercedes
BMW
Toyota
The Geely group – including Volvo and Polestar
Source: Dataforce
