Thread by @transenv

Who benefits from cutting petrol and diesel taxes?

Rich people with large, polluting cars who drive the most:

In 🇳🇱 the richest 10% drive 36,000km a year and need 2,600 litres of petrol
vs
The poorest 10% who drive 2,500km and buy 190 litres

Instead of subsidising the rich to drive big cars, EU finance ministers should agree *targeted social measures* to help low-income households that rely on cars to get to work

eg, the 5% of drivers in 🇩🇪 and 9% of drivers in 🇫🇷 who are 'forced car users'

There needs to be *EU-wide coordination* of measures to avoid a race to the bottom:

❌No fuel tourism for the cheapest petrol⛽️
❌Excise duty cuts already agreed should end after 6 months📆

EU governments need to accelerate *structural solutions* to our reliance on oil

In the near term, we need:

✅Target of 50% battery electric car and van sales by 2025🚗
✅Goals to electrify high-mileage vehicles, eg company cars, fleets, taxis, and buses🚖🚌

EU leaders agreed in Versailles to end our consumption of Russian oil by 2027

Governments need to put measures in place now to speed up the transition in transport. Read our recommendations to EU Finance Ministers meeting today and tomorrow at #ECOFIN:
transportenvironment.org/discover/help-…