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TRANSPORT DECARBONISATION
available on EGVI website: The improvements in batteries has to be done to reduce the cost of
http://egvi.eu/mediaroom/63/22/New- technologies will be one of the key batteries up to 75€/kWh by 2030, in
Joint-Electrification-of-Road-Transport- area to accelerate the deployment of line with the Action 7 of the SET-Plan
Roadmap-published. electric vehicles in the market. While in order to make electromobility more
the currently available batteries are affordable for the end users.
EGVIA is fully committed to achieve mainly based on Li Ion chemistry and
the White Paper objectives as well will remain the most commonly used To achieve the targets, all sectors
as to improve the air quality in cities, solutions in the years to come, new which contribute to the electrification
while also considering the continuous generation of batteries will arise in the of road transport will have to work
increase of passenger and freight next 5 to 10 years onwards, providing hand in hand in order to bring into
transport. even better performance and driving the market the necessary innovations
the transition towards electric mobility. to reach this goal. This will require
Keeping in mind that there will be no of course a stronger collaboration
single solution fitting all applications Research activities are still needed between the automotive industry
and types of vehicles, electrification to improve the energy and power and the energy sector, as much
will bring a significant contribution to density of batteries, while ensuring a as developing a system approach
the decarbonisation of road transport longer life-time and the possibilities of allowing to take into account all
and improvement of air quality, second life reuse for other applications parameters impacting the largest
particularly in urban areas. (i.e. stationary applications). More still deployment of electromobility. l
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