Electric car, EU-US charging standards agreement

Brussels. Reduced inflation Akre and competition in clean technology, thawed technical experiments between the European Union and the United States that began to build a new alliance of environmental and geopolitical sustainability. The European Union, which is struggling with the green transition of its economy and industry, has in China one of the main suppliers of what is needed, for example, for batteries. One of the agreements between representatives of the US Federation and the United States specifically concerns clean mobility, which lays the foundations for an entirely new market and order across the Atlantic.

So he continued the “Common International Standard for Megawatt Charging Systems for Heavy Electric Vehicle Recharging” so as to facilitate trade and investment across the Atlantic Ocean by reducing production and installation costs. In terms of mobility, there are three main recommendations. First, the development of a “joint strategy” to support the necessary standards and their bilateral recognition. Then support the development and installation of a “smart and cost-effective” transhipment infrastructure that avoids the production of waste or products that cannot be recovered or recycled. Finally, it focuses on “identifying the research, development, and pre-normative statement needed to address remaining challenges and support consumers, industry, and the network.”

The Transatlantic Cooperation on Technical Requirements for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure aims to implement publicly funded charging infrastructure more efficiently, improve our electric networks and enable our industries to be more competitive in global markets. The last line, which can be read as an intention for peace and a desire to avoid new trade wars.

In response to the increase in inflation, the Biden administration launched the Downsizing Act, a plan worth about $369 billion that closely affects the green tech sector. The European Union threatened the political and industrial strategy laid out in the Green Deal and green transition efforts. The Inflation Reduction Act provides, among other things, a tax break for the purchase of products made in the United States including cars, batteries, and renewable energy. This is the first step to avoiding a general subsidy war, in which the EU would lose a lot. So is Washington. With China as an economic competitor and an ever-increasing global weight, pushing the old continent into the arms of Beijing is not appropriate for the White House. With cooperation, then.

Brussels breathes a sigh of relief. “Our cooperation with the United States in the field of standardization is making significant progress,” said Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market and Industry, at the end of the fourth ministerial meeting of the EU-US Council for Technology and Trade. “Today, we are advancing our alignment on common standards for electric mobility, increasing competitiveness across the Atlantic.”

The Green Twelve Star Agenda is seen as less vulnerable, and the outside partner is no longer such a strong threat. The European Union and the United States have agreed on a work program on sustainable trade, which means closer cooperation to jointly promote the green transition. The goal is to “ensure that European and American stimulus programs or the clean economy are mutually reinforcing” rather than contradictory.