Cingolani to RaiNews24: "The ecological transition is right, no one is left behind"

2021-06-19T09:53:25.807Z

"The ecological transition must be right, we must not leave anyone behind. We must take care of those who, however, could not switch to electric cars, and we must help them switch to a much more ecological vehicle than the old Euro 0 or Euro 1. Already a the move to a new Euro 6 machine, which pollutes less, is currently giving a very strong impetus to decarbonisation ". The Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, told RaiNews24 this morning. "At the same time - continued the minister - we must accelerate the electrification and penetration of electric and hybrid cars in the market, and to do this we must increase the demand and supply not only of the machines, but also of the infrastructure of charging.Obviously there will be a segment of the population that will be able to afford the switch to electric cars, and there we must equip the infrastructure. This is the complexity of the transition "." In Italy we have a fleet of private cars of about 30 million cars - explained Cingolani -. A dozen millions are highly polluting cars, Euro 0 and Euro 1. Not everyone has the possibility to change the car every 4 years. Many keep it for a long time, the car becomes old and polluting.It is clear that we need to make the electric transition, and we would all like to go by electric means tomorrow. However, I would like to remind you that at the moment a family electric vehicle in the B-segment costs almost twice as much as an internal combustion vehicle. If today I have a diesel euro 1 and I buy a diesel euro 6,I have a great improvement. The transition will last about ten years, there will be transitional solutions ". In the Draghi government" green has no political color "and for environmental commitments" the sense of urgency is absolutely shared ", so" no political problems but great realism ", Roberto Cingolani told RaiNews24." I can guarantee that everyone in the Council of Ministers has clear international commitments, the great challenge we face and the fact that we are working for the children who are at school today, not for generations in 20 or 30 years ", adds Cingolani. All the members and the government forces, guarantees the minister, know that" this transition is very complicated,must reconcile the race for the green with the protection of workers and the social model we have ", because in the ecological transition, which" must be in solidarity ", it is clear that" we cannot neglect the workers but at the same time the new generations will have to change their way of understanding society ".