The electric vehicle has been postulated as one of the EU's main commitments in its fight against climate change and the reduction of polluting emissions in the transport sector. Currently, the European electric vehicle market is booming. In 2021, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association), around 900,000 electric cars will be sold in Europe, an increase of 65%. In 2022, this positive trend has been consolidated, with a common increase in registrations of 28% compared to the previous year.

In 2023 the first half growth is 20% over 2022. The increase in sales of battery electric vehicles is expected to continue in the coming years, as the EU has set very ambitious targets for emissions reduction in the transport sector to reach 55% of total car sales by 2030.

Examples of these objectives include such topical issues as the

Euro7 regulations and the intention to ban the sale of combustion vehicles by 2035.

Both issues are being widely debated. The EU and the industry are firmly committed to the battery electric vehicle, but I will allow myself to introduce some elements for discussion and the need for action, mainly by public authorities. It is necessary to make a global analysis of the life cycle of the electric vehicle to know where we are and what we must do to make this the most sustainable environmental option. Leaving aside issues such as the origin of the materials needed for the production of batteries or the dependence on the Asian industry, we must not forget that in many EU countries, the burning of fossil fuels (coal, gas) is still the source of electricity generation.

majority. In a scenario of rapid electrification of the vehicle fleet in these countries, how would it be possible to meet the additional demand for electricity that this would entail? Would we be able to do so using renewable energies without increasing the average emissions per kWh generated, or would we have to burn more fossil fuels? It is true that there is a clear trend in the EU towards decarbonization of electricity production. In the year 2000,