Sigrid de Vries

I am Director General of the 🇪🇺 European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association @ACEA_auto, representing the 16 major EU-based car, van, truck and bus makers.

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

In 2023, the battery-electric car market share reached 14.6%. The adoption of zero-emission #vehicles on a massive scale must go hand in hand with suitable charging networks, stable grids, and affordable and sustainable #electricity prices.

Join Luca de Meo, ACEA President and CEO of Renault Group and Leo Birnbaum, President of Eurelectric and CEO of E.ON at @Eurelectric #EVision event to hear about the synergies needed between European vehicle manufacturers and the power sector to make the transition to climate neutral mobility.

📆 6-7 March
📍 Autoworld Museum Brussels

Registration 👉 https://t.co/6v2Kkd8sR2

#electricvehicle #EV #evcharging #data

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

📊 Did you know that almost 15% of car sales in 2022 were battery-electric but that today, only 1.2% of #cars on EU roads are battery-electric?

📄 ACEA’s latest report provides a snapshot of the makeup of vehicles on our roads, telling a very different story from the latest sales data.

With the average vehicle age rising and more #vehicles on our roads than before, find out why policies must be better geared towards replenishing older vehicles with the cleanest and greenest models.

➡ https://t.co/3PkEO3pBIw

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

European #truck and #bus manufacturers welcome the political agreement on CO2 standards agreed by trilogue negotiators today 🇪🇺

Failure to reach an agreement could have caused potential uncertainty by pushing back negotiations until the EU’s next mandate.

The revised #CO2 standards undoubtedly set the most ambitious targets globally, especially with respect to 2030.

Target compliance for manufacturers relies on vital enabling conditions such as carbon pricing measures and charging and hydrogen refilling networks suitable for heavy-duty vehicles.

Decarbonising heavy-duty #transport is a shared responsibility involving policy makers and other industries, as well as truck and bus makers.

With less than six years left before the significantly strengthened 2030 target, much more must be done to incentivise transport operators to shift rapidly to zero-emission vehicles 🚛🚌

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

📣 Iveco Group’s Domenico Nucera to lead Board of Europe’s bus and coach manufacturers 🚌🚍

The EU recently agreed on highly ambitious decarbonisation targets for #buses and #coaches, but the focus must now be on ensuring equally ambitious enabling conditions, explained Nucera.

Manufacturers are continuously working on cleaner and greener models to help cut road #transport CO2 emissions, but we cannot tackle challenges alone.

Read more on Mr Nucera’s appointment as Chairperson of ACEA’s bus and coach division 👇

https://t.co/rxP3uwfKwy

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

📢 DAF Trucks’ Harald Seidel to lead Board of Europe’s truck and bus manufacturers.

2024 will be a game-changing year for the European truck industry, with multiple legislative files on the table in the run-up to the EU elections and beyond.

🚛🚌 Truck manufacturers are already investing billions into new battery-electric and hydrogen-powered models, but Seidel emphasised that Europe must get the enabling conditions right to rapidly decarbonise heavy-duty #transport:

🛣️ Charging and hydrogen refilling infrastructure
💶 Effective carbon pricing schemes
🔁 Support measures for transport operators to replace conventional #vehicles with zero-emission models

👉 Read more on Seidel’s election as Chairman of ACEA’s Commercial Vehicle Board: https://t.co/kNV36Ovf2v

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

European auto makers are renowned for producing the greenest, most efficient, and high-tech #vehicles globally🚗🌍 🚛

👩‍🏭👨‍🏭 But none of this is possible without the people who produce the vehicles we all rely on, they are the real champions.

Today, we are thrilled to spotlight @toyota_europe's Georgios, an engineer pioneering digital tools for aerodynamically efficient vehicles.

We are proud to support almost 13 million Europeans like Georgios. Together, we are #FutureDriven, securing highly skilled jobs for the future of #mobility.

#FutureDrivenVoices

LEARN MORE: https://t.co/HALtzTmWm7

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

🇪🇺 🇬🇧 BREAKING: European Commissioners seal deal to extend current EU-UK #battery rules by three years.

If approved by the Council, the agreement would avoid the imposition of a 10% tariff on the export of European-built battery electric #vehicles to the UK.

🤝 An agreement is essential for securing the stability of European electric vehicle manufacturing as it faces new global competition and moves into a critical phase of its green transformation.

GET THE FULL STORY: https://t.co/JOU7GBP8Fk

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

The road to green #FutureDriven mobility is just around the corner 🚗🚐🚛🚌

⚡️ Electrification
🚛 Zero-emission vehicles
🌍 Decarbonisation
🍃 Sustainability
👩‍🔬 Innovation in green tech

These are not just buzzwords; these are concrete goals our industry is driving towards at rapid speed.

Together, with our partners, we can reach our shared destination. What we now need is a bold policy framework that supercharges us forward on this collective journey.

🔗 https://t.co/HALtzTmWm7

Hear from auto industry CEOs what green #FutureDriven mobility is all about 🎥⬇️

@ACEA_DG @DAFTrucksNV @DaimlerTruck @HyundaiEurope @JLR_News @MercedesBenz @VolvoGroup @volkswagen

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

📢 A new chapter in our #mobility journey has begun – and you’re invited along for the ride!🚗🚛🚌

🙌 🚀 Today, we are excited to reveal what #FutureDriven is all about! This next phase in our evolution will drive a 🌍 green, 🌐smart, and ⚙️ competitive Europe for all Europeans.

🔗 https://t.co/HALtzTmWm7

🔜 In just a week, we’ll also unveil our #FutureDriven Manifesto, where we concretely outline how we can jointly make this a reality.

🤝 🇪🇺 We invite you to join us as together we drive Europe’s next mobility revolution!

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

Today, the @Europarl_EN voted for a more realistic approach to Euro 7, compared to what the European Commission put forward last year. Euro 7 still comes with a heavy price tag and at a very critical juncture in the industry’s transformation 🚗🚛🚌🚐

“There can be no doubt about the industry’s commitment to improving air quality. That is why the auto industry has already poured extensive resources into the latest Euro pollutant standards, Euro 6/VI,”
💬 Sigrid de Vries, @ACEA_DG: “These investments have paid off, as exhaust emissions are barely measurable today.”

➡️ACEA now calls on policymakers to ensure that realism prevails during the trilogue negotiations, and not to let a disproportionate #Euro7 derail progress already made by manufacturers.

PRESS RELEASE: https://t.co/nalYeRpMtl

#RethinkEuro7

[Sigrid de Vries @ACEA_DG]

Wonderful to have joined Martin Daum for an inspiring conversation on what it takes to decarbonise #transport and thrive in Europe as a global industry.

[Daimler Truck @DaimlerTruck]

Why does it take more than zero-emission vehicles for #sustainable transportation?
In the latest episode of his podcast, our CEO #MartinDaum addresses this topic together with Sigrid De Vries, Director General of the  @ACEA_auto.

https://t.co/TrMbUZ2nu3

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

🇪🇺 Europe needs a proportionate Euro 7 that balances environmental concerns and industrial competitiveness 🌍🧑‍🏭

#Euro7 poses significant difficulties for manufacturers, which come on top of a historic transformation and an extraordinarily challenging economic environment leading to unforeseen costs:

➡️ persistent semiconductor shortages
➡️ disruptions to chip supplies
➡️ inflationary pressures
➡️ soaring energy prices
➡️ consumer demand trailing pre-pandemic levels

In these challenging circumstances and faced with increasingly fierce competition from other global regions, policy makers must also safeguard European industrial competitiveness.

🚗🚐🚛🚌 Replacing older #vehicles with the latest Euro 6 models, together with rapid electrification, offers far greater benefits both for the environment and industrial competitiveness. A disproportionate Euro 7 risks derailing the progress already made by manufacturers.

👉 Get the facts: https://t.co/t48rZ1tp3o

#RethinkEuro7

[SMMT @SMMT]

"It’s not just about having a thriving battery industry in Europe, but a thriving auto industry in Europe & UK. We make it very clear we would like to see the rules of origin temporarily libralised to policymakers both sides of the channel"

Sigrid de Vries @ACEA_auto #SMMTGlobal

[SMMT @SMMT]

"We really need to secure a level playing field for sustainably made European vehicles by defending fair & free trade rules & ensuring access to critical supplies"

Sigrid de Vries @ACEA_auto #SMMTGlobal

[Sigrid de Vries @ACEA_DG]

Looking forward to join @SMMT tomorrow at this important juncture for the European and UK #automotive industries. In the background of a rapidly changing global trade environment, 🇪🇺 - 🇬🇧trade relations remain crucially important for our sector’s continued success.

#SMMTGlobal

[SMMT @SMMT]

At #SMMTGlobal, taking place on Wednesday, our panel “Shifting the dial: new automotive trade priorities for the Old World” will be joined by

Nathaniel McVeagh @biztradegovuk
Dr Markus Thill @BoschGlobal Africa
Sigrid de Vries @ACEA_auto

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

🚨 "The @EP_Environment vote is an improvement over the @EU_Commission proposal, but still falls short in key aspects."

🚗🚛🚐 “We have long been advocating for #Euro7 targets and testing conditions that do not make #vehicles unaffordable nor jeopardise industry competitiveness – for little or no environmental benefit,” Sigrid de Vries, @ACEA_DG.

#RethinkEuro7

PRESS RELEASE: https://t.co/9zJv9WP6KH

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

🆕ACEA's #Automobile Industry Pocket Guide 2023/2024

📢 The ultimate reference guide for anyone interested in #automotive issues and related 🇪🇺 policies, containing a wealth of facts and figures 📊📈

DISCOVER: https://t.co/bcI8et3kRE

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

Euro 7 Council position: Step in right direction, but cost pressure remains high

💬 Sigrid de Vries, @ACEA_DG: "Our industry is fully committed to tackling air pollution and climate change. We now call on member states, the @Europarl_EN, and the @EU_Commission to work towards a #Euro7 regulation that will enable us to focus on these dual objectives while keeping vehicles affordable and our sector competitive.”

#RethinkEuro7

PRESS RELEASE: https://t.co/nCrktb8IA9

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

#Euro7: good or bad for competitiveness? 🚍 🚛

The regulatory environment in the 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳 is more innovation friendly than the 🇪🇺 💡We need investment flexibility & ambitious charging infrastructure goals - @MANtruckandbus's CEO A. Vlaskamp

#RethinkEuro7

https://t.co/J2GJ3r3hJM

[ACEA @ACEA_auto]

Euro 7: cheap or expensive?

#Euro7 will mean additional costs for manufacturers, including unplanned investments @jaguarlandrover's Executive Director, Thomas Mueller.

On average, this amounts to an extra €2,000 per #car 💶 🚗

#RethinkEuro7

https://t.co/wjRrC6pw5H