Positions and proposals
Our proposals are based on the principle of technological neutrality which gives equal dignity and support to all tractions (including advanced endothermic engines and/or powered by non-fossil or low-carbon fuels) and, in their essence, they are:
- adherence to climate improvement objectives provided they are shared and in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda;
- consequent remodulation of the European Commission’s climate package in terms of content and implementation times;
- focus on the comparison from traction systems to alternative energy carriers (electricity, methane and biomethane, hydrogen, e-fuel and vegetable fuels), evaluating their performance and environmental parameters over the entire life cycle, from production to ‘exercise and at the end of life;
- inclusion in the Pnrr, or in the Complementary Fund, of adequate resources to support companies and workers during the transition (product/process investments, company reconversions and re-skilling and up-skilling workers) with simple and automatic tools and with a specific rewards for innovative supply chain projects. With a first estimate, the economic-financial need for this extraordinary investment is 15/20 billion at a national level (5/6 in Lombardy). In the Pnrr and in the budget law no specific intervention is foreseen for the reconversion of the automotive sector;
- introduce an intermediate target to 2030 to evaluate the evolution of available alternative technologies and defer the ban on internal combustion engines to 2040 instead of 2035.
