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We are presenting a new European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) report revealing an alarming gap between the current availability of public charging points for electric cars in the EU and what will be needed in reality to meet CO2-reduction targets.
EU electric car sales grew three times faster than charging point installation between 2017 and 2023, ACEA’s report shows. Looking ahead, the EU needs eight times more charging points annually by 2030, according to industry estimations.
“We need mass-market adoption of electric cars in all EU countries to achieve Europe’s ambitious CO2-reduction targets. This will not happen without widespread availability of public charging infrastructure right across the region,” stated ACEA’s Director General, Sigrid de Vries.
“We are very concerned that infrastructure rollout has not kept pace with battery-electric car sales in recent years. What is more, this ‘infrastructure gap’ risks widening in the future – to a much greater extent than European Commission estimates.”
Just over 150,000 public charging points were installed last year across the EU (less than 3,000 per week on average), reaching a total of over 630,000.
According to the European Commission, 3.5 million charging points should be installed by 2030. Reaching this target would mean installing around 410,000 public charging points per year (or nearly 8,000 per week) – almost three times the latest annual installation rate.
However, ACEA estimates that 8.8 million charging points will be needed by 2030. Reaching this would require 1.2 million chargers to be installed per year (or over 22,000 per week) – eight times the latest annual installation rate.
“Easy access to public charging points is not ‘nice to have’, but an essential condition to decarbonise road transport, in addition to market support and a competitive manufacturing framework in Europe. Investments in public charging infrastructure must be urgently ramped up if we are to close the infrastructure gap and meet climate targets,” cautioned de Vries

We present the latest report on the situation on the EU-AU border, which we received thanks to the establishment of cooperation with ASSTRA Forwarding AG.  
According to the Ukrainian Customs Service, about 17,664 trucks are waiting to leave Ukraine, almost 6,749 trucks are waiting to go in the Polish direction; about 5,039 trucks in the Romanian direction; about 1,750 trucks in the Slovakian direction; 3,274 trucks in the Hungarian direction and about 852 trucks in the Moldovan direction >>> read more>>>

Production of motor vehicles and engines for motor vehicles in Poland according to CSO data - MARCH 2024

According to the latest data published by the Central Statistical Office (CSO), PRODUCTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES in Poland in MARCH 2024 recorded mixed results by segment. Production of internal combustion vehicle engines was lower than a year earlier.

PASSENGER CARS
y/y change: March -31.9% ; January-March: +10.2%
Last month, 21.1 thousand passenger cars were produced, 9.9 thousand units. (-31.9% y/y) less than in March last year, and by 8.3 thousand units. (-28.2%) less than in February this year.
Since the beginning of the year, 80 thousand cars have rolled off the production lines in Poland, 29.2 thousand more than in the same period last year (+10.2% y/y)

TRUCKS AND AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS FOR TOWING TRAILERS
y/y change: March +1.7% y/y; January-March: +30.4% y/y
In March, production of trucks and light trucks ended slightly higher than a year earlier with 30,156 units, translating into a year-on-year increase of 1.7%. The result produced, however, is lower than a month earlier by 2,186 units. -6.8% m/m.
Year-to-date, production totaled 95,912 vehicles, up by 22,332 units. (+30.4% y/y) more than during Q1 2023. The number of vehicles produced last month is lower than in January and February, but considering the month of March the result obtained is the best ever for the segment.

VEHICLES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
y/y change: March -18.0% y/y; January-March: -19,6%
Production of buses in March this year ended with a result of 405 units, which is lower than last year's by 89 units (-18% y/y) but higher than February's by 61 units. (+17.7% m/m)
Since the beginning of the year, 1,041 buses were produced, down by 254 units. (-19.6% y/y) less than in the same period of 2023. This year's results are significantly lower than a year earlier due to the reduction or termination of bus production in Poland by several manufacturers.

ENGINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
y/y change: March -11.0% y/y; January-March: -3.2% y/y
In March, production of internal combustion vehicle engines ended at 211,000 units. This is down by 26 thousand units. (-11% y/y) than in the same month of 2023. The result produced is also lower than the month before by 7 thousand (-3.2% m/m). Since the beginning of the year, 653 thousand engines have arrived, 28 thousand more than in the same period of 2023. Among them, 612 thousand units are diesel engines while 41 thousand units are gasoline engines, which account for 6% of total production.
Overview of current production figures

On behalf of the Polish Automotive Industry Association and the editors of Fleet magazine, we would like to invite you to participate in an online lecture to be held on May 7, 2024 (Tuesday), at 10:00 am.

The topic of the lecture is - "Reducing emissions from vehicles - EU policy and actions in Poland".

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