The Swedish automaker has pledged to have a range of all-electric cars by 2030, well ahead of the European Union's proposal to ban fossil fuel cars from 2035. But after Parliament European Union voted in June in favor of the 2035 deadline, ACEA said that “any long-term regulation going beyond this decade is premature at this initial stage.
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To which Volvo responded in a statement: “We have concluded that Volvo Cars' sustainability strategy and ambitions are not fully aligned with ACEA's positioning and way of working at this stage.
So we think it's best to go another route for now.
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The news comes less than a month after the world's fourth-largest automaker, Stellantis, said it would leave ACEA by the end of 2022, as part of a new approach to address issues and the challenges of future mobility, in particular by moving away from traditional lobbying activities.
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association has been the industry's main lobby group since its inception in 1991. It brings together the 16 major European manufacturers of cars, trucks, vans and buses.
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