ROME – Electric vans contribute to environmental protection and are cheaper than diesel ones. This is, in a nutshell, when it emerges from a new study on the total cost of purchase and management in Italy on battery-powered vans carried out by Dataforce for Transport & Environment (T&E), an independent non-profit organization.
The analysis highlights the lack of supply of electric van models, which is why, in Italy, these vehicles represent only 2% of sales, a much lower percentage than the 5% of electric cars. According to T&E, the supply of electric vans will continue to remain small for the rest of the decade, barring a significant increase in the CO2 reduction targets for new vans proposed by the EU.
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The study analyzes six countries that represent 76% of new vans sold in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom), and highlights that, in Italy, the average electric van is already 20% cheaper today. (per km) to own and operate with respect to the corresponding diesel van. In Italy, over a third (35%) of the van fleets included in the survey already have at least one electric van, almost another half (45%) plan to buy an e-van within the year while a further 11% do is considering buying within the next 5 years.
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“An electric van beats a diesel model on costs and van buyers know it – underlined Carlo Tritto, Transport & Environment Italia policy officer – In fact, it is no coincidence that sales of these vehicles continue to grow, even in the face of interruption of purchase incentives. But the offer of electric models is nowhere near enough. This is why we are asking European legislators to increase the EU CO2 standard targets for new vans, so as to stimulate manufacturers to sell more zero-emission vehicles to reach more ambitious targets ”.
Sales figures indicate that the European market share of electric vans in 2021 stopped at 3% (a slight increase compared to 2% in 2019), and despite strong interest from users, sales are growing too slowly. Among the causes identified by the study stand out the too low CO2 standards proposed by the EU which, leaving unchanged the objectives for the current decade, do not require manufacturers to increase sales of electric vans beyond a 10% share before the end of the year. decade.
According to T&E calculations, adopting more challenging CO2 targets during this decade would bring one million more electric vans to Europe’s roads within five years, saving 5.6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2027. T&E therefore calls on EU legislators to increase the ambition of the “EU CO2 Standards” for new vans for a 25% cut by 2025, the introduction of a new intermediate target of -45% in 2027, and to increase the 2030 target to -80%. (Maurilio Rigo)