Automotive: a turning point for the planet?

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Automotive: a turning point for the planet?

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By: Romain Auzouy

New car registrations continue to fall.

Last year (2021), 9.7 million models were sold in the European Union, the lowest figure for more than thirty years.

The electrified vehicle market is doing well, in December 2021, it even exceeded that of diesel for the first time in the EU.

Will the trajectory that is emerging make it possible to achieve the climate objectives?

What are the consequences for the automotive market?

What disparities?

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To discuss:

- Pierre Leflaive

, Transport Manager at

- Bernard Jullien

, lecturer in Economics at the University of Bordeaux, specialist in the automotive industry

- Guillaume Crunelle

, partner in charge of automotive and mobility at 

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