From this year, Europe is imposing on manufacturers an average CO2 emission of 95 gr / km (with some exceptions depending on the brand) on all of their sales. Standards which, to be respected, push manufacturers to rapidly market hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids and of course 100% electric, the latter counting double in the calculation of the average emissions.
Bread blessed for Chinese manufacturers, who previously would no doubt have had difficulty complying with the emission standards of traditional fuel engines, and who can now face the European market with electrical products in which they already have real expertise . A phenomenon accentuated by the premiums for the purchase of an electric vehicle implemented on many markets, and which worries Jean-Dominique Senard, the president of the Renault Group.
"We will have to face fierce competition from Europe but also from outside," said Senard in front of the deputies during a parliamentary hearing, supporting the need "to turn around quickly to counter these new entrants" .
Among the main concerns of the French leader, the mass landing in recent weeks of new manufacturers in Norway but also in Corsica, in addition to MG - now under the Chinese flag - which began delivery of its SUV MG ZS EV a few days ago. Norway, where electric vehicles represent almost half of sales, will see the arrival of the first BYD, Xpeng and Aiways U5 fleets this summer, all from the Middle Kingdom. The latter will also be tested in Corsica in association with Hertz Corsica, before deployment on a larger scale on the continent? This is what worries the Renault group, the current leader in electric mobility in Europe with its Zoé.
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