All posts by Dimitri Vergne

The EU has become an environmental policy champion – time to go the last mile 

In the span of just four years, environmentally friendly measures went from seen as hampering economic progress to part of economic policymaking. In our retrospective about BEUC’s 60 years of existence, we coined the current decade the ‘transformational 2020s’. And...

/ January 20, 2023

Use price to change our transport habits

We can clean up our mobility system without it feeling like an uncomfortable sacrifice. This requires fair price signals and incentives that make sustainable transport options affordable and attractive.

, and / October 30, 2020

A new tool to help people spend less on car fuel

We get low-quality information when buying a car. Better car labelling and a new tool for European drivers to know their fuel consumption, called MILE21, can change this.

/ March 26, 2020

3 conditions to make charging an electric car convenient

Electric cars must be easy to charge, if they are to move away from the sidelines and into the mainstream.

and / May 23, 2019

Electric cars: game changers for tomorrow’s energy offers

“Car biz is hell” Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently said in a twitter exchange. Media eagerly reported that the electric car pioneer is sleeping at Tesla’s factory, to remedy production delays on its latest model. But production delays are just...

and / May 8, 2018
Consumers can save fuel and money if the EU goes the full mile on CO2 targets for cars

Consumers can save fuel and money if the EU goes the full mile on CO2 targets for cars

On 8 November, the European Commission published its much-awaited “Europe on the Move” legislative package. In the Commission’s own words, it wants to “reaffirm Europe’s leadership in fighting climate change and the Commission’s endeavour to empower Europe’s citizens and defend...

/ December 1, 2017