Not quite Air Force One: Commissioners’ cars need charging pit stop on Strasbourg trips
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Brussels has formulated strict emission targets and restricts the use of burners. Now the officials from the top team of EU head of the Leyen are complaining. The Hungarian Commissioner is said to have developed a plan B.
Officials of the European Commission complained that regular movements between Brussels and Strasbourg became more and more frustrating after the introduction of electric cars into the institution's fleet, as vehicles had to be stopped on the way to recharge.
The European Commission's car fleet must be climate neutral by 2027. But that creates problems, writes Politico.
Brussels wants to accelerate the transition to electric driving, but is itself running into a familiar problem: the official cars of European Commissioners do not make the trip from Brussels to Strasbourg without a charging stop. As a result, top executives are required to use fast chargers en route, to growing irritation, writes the authoritative political platform Politico.
European political leaders are expressing strong irritation over the inconvenience of charging their electric fleet during official trips.
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