Popular in Europe: Skoda’s electric Elroq. picture: skoda
The EU wants to promote electric car batteries produced in Europe and electric company cars should be almost climate-neutral by 2035. A third measure is also intended to relieve the burden on the European automotive industry.
December 17, 2025, 10:56December 17, 2025, 12:17 p.m
The EU Commission wants to support the European automotive industry in the transition to e-mobility by funding the battery industry and reducing bureaucracy. Besides the Changes when switching off the combustion engine 1.8 billion euros in support will enable a battery to be produced entirely in Europe, as the European Commission announced in Strasbourg.
European battery manufacturers should therefore be supported with interest-free loans. This will improve the competitiveness of the industry, secure upstream supply chains and strengthen sustainable and resilient production in the EU, according to the statement.
The EU also wants The majority of company cars will be electric by 2035: Specifically, vehicles registered in the fleets of large companies should be 95 percent emission-free by then.
Cutting bureaucracy is expected to save industry more than 700 million euros
The automotive industry should also benefit from simplifications in administration. In the next few years, the EU Commission wants to introduce fewer legal regulations and streamline tests for new passenger transporters and trucks.
In addition, drivers of vans with electric drives should be treated equally with drivers of combustion engines in terms of rest periods and other regulations. According to the EU Commission, companies would save around 706 million euros annually as a result of the proposals.
The Commission also announces that it will update the vehicle labeling rules. This is intended to provide customers with complete information about a vehicle’s emissions when purchasing.
Where electric cars have become established – and where they haven’t yet
Information refers to fully electric battery cars (BEV), excluding partially electric plug-in hybrids.
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Electric car growth in Switzerland will be well behind the EU average in 2025.
(sda/awp/dpa)