An ambitious AFID consistent with the Green Deal

An ambitious AFID consistent with the Green Deal

To achieve carbon neutrality in the EU by 2050 and to reach the ambitious objective for the transport sector, which represents almost a quarter of EU CO2 emissions, electromobility appears to be a key means of action. However, the existing regulatory framework regarding the electric fleet now seems outdated and needs revision.

In the Communication on the European Green Deal from 11th December 2019, the Commission aims to “ramp-up the production and deployment of sustainable alternative transport fuels”. In this view, the revision of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive in 2021 needs to be ambitious to accelerate the deployment of zero- and low-emission infrastructure for road, inland waterway and maritime transport.

The Platform for Electromobility supports the Commission’s ambition and considers that strengthening the deployment of the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles is not only an opportunity for the market but also a necessity to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

The event will look on how the current AFI Directive should be ambitiously revised to stimulate the development of electromobility and will address several key questions:

  1. How can we ensure the effective deployment of charging infrastructure?
  2. How should the scope of the current AFID evolve and be extended to foster the diversification of the fleet, incl. infrastructure for HDVs?
  3. How should we accelerate and incentivise the deployment of low-carbon energy in transport?

 

PROGRAMME
The online event will run on 7 December 2020 from 14:00 to 16:00

 

  • Welcome Address

By Arne Richter, the Chair of the Platform for Electromobility

  • Opening Statement

By Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment, Poland

  • Keynote Speech

By Charlotte Nørlund-Matthiessen, Policy Assistant, Cabinet of Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean

  • Panel discussion (Part 1): Fostering the deployment of charging infrastructure for light-duty vehicles

With Kai Tullius, Policy Officer at Unit B4 Sustainable & Intelligent Transport, DG Move, European Commission

and Julia Poliscanova, Senior Director Vehicles & Emobility, Transport&Environment

and Koen Noyens, Director of EU Policy at EVBox, for ChargeUp Europe

  • Panel discussion (Part 2): Electrification of heavy-duty vehicles: addressing new charging applications

With Nikolaus Steininger, Senior Expert, Road Transport Unit, DG Clima, European Commission

and André Burdet, Vice-President Emobility Infrastructure Solutions, Hitachi ABB Power Grids

and Jos Dings, Director European Policy and Business Development, Tesla

  • Closing speech

By Ismail Ertug, Member of European Parliament

 

With the Event moderator

Jayson Dong, Policy Manager, AVERE

 

by Sam Hargreaves