The EU has become an environmental policy champion – time to go the last mile
In the span of just four years, environmentally friendly measures went from seen as hampering economic progress to part of economic policymaking. In our retrospective about BEUC’s 60 years of existence, we coined the current decade the ‘transformational 2020s’. And...
Use price to change our transport habits
We can clean up our mobility system without it feeling like an uncomfortable sacrifice. This requires fair price signals and incentives that make sustainable transport options affordable and attractive.
A new tool to help people spend less on car fuel
We get low-quality information when buying a car. Better car labelling and a new tool for European drivers to know their fuel consumption, called MILE21, can change this.
3 conditions to make charging an electric car convenient
Electric cars must be easy to charge, if they are to move away from the sidelines and into the mainstream.
Electric cars: game changers for tomorrow’s energy offers
“Car biz is hell” Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently said in a twitter exchange. Media eagerly reported that the electric car pioneer is sleeping at Tesla’s factory, to remedy production delays on its latest model. But production delays are just...
Consumers can save fuel and money if the EU goes the full mile on CO2 targets for cars
On 8 November, the European Commission published its much-awaited “Europe on the Move” legislative package. In the Commission’s own words, it wants to “reaffirm Europe’s leadership in fighting climate change and the Commission’s endeavour to empower Europe’s citizens and defend...