More than 75 senior leaders from across Europe’s e-mobility ecosystem gathered in Strasbourg to deliver a clear message to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs): Europe’s global leadership in electric mobility depends on regulatory certainty, not further dilution of the 2035 zero-emission target.
The meeting, held under the Take Charge Europe campaign, comes at a pivotal moment for the continent’s clean mobility transition. After a year of renewed momentum in 2025 — marked by a 30% increase in Europe’s electric car market, more than one million public charging points, and accelerating domestic battery production — industry leaders warn that signals of potential weakening of the 2035 target are already undermining long-term investment confidence.
Regulatory certainty as a driver of investment
According to participants, strong and predictable clean transport targets are not only environmental commitments, but essential industrial instruments. Clear rules enable companies to unlock capital, accelerate innovation, and plan production, infrastructure, and workforce development over the long term. Any uncertainty, they argue, risks slowing progress precisely when Europe should be consolidating its competitive advantage.
In a joint letter, leaders from Take Charge Europe urged MEPs to swiftly process the European Commission’s automotive package and deliver a balanced outcome that restores investor confidence.
Key priorities for Europe’s EV transition
The coalition outlined several priorities to safeguard Europe’s path toward zero-emission mobility:
- Maintaining clear, stable, and predictable regulatory targets across the entire electric vehicle value chain.
- Keeping electrification at the core of Europe’s 2035 ambition, ensuring that flexibility mechanisms do not dilute the transition to zero-emission mobility.
- Advancing policies that accelerate EV adoption and industrial leadership, including continued charging infrastructure deployment, grid strengthening, improved EV affordability, and strong support for local manufacturing.
€175 billion invested and 150,000 jobs created
The scale of industry commitment already in place highlights what is at stake. Companies involved in the transition have collectively committed more than €175 billion to e-mobility investments and have created over 150,000 jobs across Europe. These investments span battery gigafactories, new and retooled vehicle plants, and the rapid expansion of charging infrastructure across the continent.
For Take Charge Europe, the breadth of cross-sector support demonstrates that the industry is ready to deliver the clean mobility transition — and views it as a major economic opportunity rather than a constraint.
A call for decisive political leadership
With Europe’s competitiveness, resilience, and green transition at stake, the message to policymakers is clear. MEPs have the opportunity to decisively shape Europe’s global electric vehicle leadership by delivering regulatory certainty and bold industrial policy, rather than introducing further ambiguity into the 2035 framework.
Take Charge Europe is a coalition of more than 200 companies spanning the full electric vehicle value chain. Launched in September 2025 by E-Mobility Europe and Charge-Up Europe, the initiative calls on EU institutions to uphold the 2035 zero-emission target and support it with robust industrial policies that enable and accelerate the transition to clean mobility.
