Over 75 e-mobility leaders convened in Strasbourg on Wednesday, urging the EU Parliament to deliver regulatory certainty by 2035, not further dilution.
More than 75 senior industry leaders from the Take Charge Europe campaign met Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg with a clear message: strong, clean targets are essential for Europe’s electric vehicle leadership. “They unlock investment, accelerate innovation, and give companies the certainty they need to plan and build for the long term,” the press release states.
Renewed momentum
“2025 was a year of renewed momentum, with Europe’s electric car market growing by 30%, backed by over one million public charging points and new homegrown battery production,” Take Charge Europe analyses.
“But weakening the 2035 target is blurring the long-term investment signal, right when companies most need clarity to plan for the future. Now, a return to certainty is essential to build on Europe’s momentum.”
At this pivotal moment for Europe’s clean mobility transition, leaders of the Take Charge Europe letter ask MEPs to swiftly process the European Commission’s automotive package and strive for a rounded outcome that restores investor confidence.
Clear targets
According to Take Charge Europe, it’s evident what Europe has to do. They have to maintain clear, stable, and predictable targets that ensure regulatory certainty across the entire EV value chain. They have to keep electrification at the forefront of Europe’s 2035 ambition, ensuring that flexibility mechanisms do not dilute Europe’s path toward zero-emission mobility
To achieve this, policies must be advanced that accelerate Europe’s EV adoption and industrial leadership, including through continued charging deployment, grid strengthening, affordable EV access, and strong support to local manufacturing.
Major investment opportunity
The breadth of cross-sector support shows an industry ready to deliver the clean mobility transition as a major investment opportunity. Companies have already committed over €175 billion in e-mobility investment and created more than 150.000 jobs across Europe, from battery gigafactories to new and retooled vehicle plants to the rapid expansion of charging infrastructure across the continent.
According to Take Charge Europe, the members of the European Parliament can instead decisively shape Europe’s global leadership in electric vehicles. “With competitiveness, resilience, and the green transition at stake, they must deliver regulatory certainty and bold industrial policy, not further dilution.”
Uphill fight
Take Charge Europe is a coalition of more than 200 companies spanning Europe’s electric vehicle value chain. Launched in September 2025 by E-Mobility Europe and Charge-Up Europe, it called on the European Commission to uphold the 2035 zero-emission target and to support it with robust industrial policies that enable and accelerate the transition to clean mobility.
At the end of last year, the EU watered down its 2035 ICE ban, trading clarity for short-term comfort. Under strong pressure from the European car industry and some leading EU member states, the European Commission unveiled a new automotive action plan.
The Commission presented it as a matter of realism and technology neutrality. For many, it was a retreat and giving in at precisely the moment electrification needs certainty and clarity most. Or as an analyst noted at the time: “In practice, it reintroduces doubt into a transition that was finally becoming predictable.”
With the geopolitical earthquake that has occurred since the beginning of this year, Europe is now completely focused on other matters than the ‘Green Deal’, of which the ICE ban in 2035 was a key policy item.
But in its search for how to stay relevant in turbulent times, showing some consistency and determination would surely help the European institutions. That’s clearly what the message of Take Charge Europe aims to convey when discussing Europe’s future mobility.
