Fleet Cards Europe
FCE
Fleet Cards Europe (FCE) is the voice of independent fleet card providers in Europe.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Revision of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans
10 Oct 2025
Fleet Cards Europe is the EU business association representing the leading independent fleet card providers operating across Europe. Our members play a vital role in the logistics, transport, and mobility sectors, serving thousands of companies every day. Fleet card providers are an essential pillar of the CRT ecosystem. We drive the digitalization and decarbonization of road transport by managing the vast majority of energy transactions and enabling the integration of fueling and charging networks., Collectively, our members account for a major share of this critical market and play a central role in both the daily operations and long-term transformation of European commercial mobility. We fully endorse and support the position submitted by the Network for Sustainable Mobility in response to this call for evidence.
Read full responseResponse to Clean corporate vehicles
8 Sept 2025
Fleet Cards Europe (FCE) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions initiative on Clean Corporate Vehicles and supports the EUs climate goals. As partners to fleet operators across Europe, FCE members understand the operational challenges businesses face in decarbonising their fleets, particularly heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), and are committed to ensuring these voices are heard. FCE urges the Commission to adopt a technology-neutral, evidence-based approach to transport decarbonisation. While electrification is suitable for many vehicles, HDVs require a broader mix of technologies due to operational complexities. These include renewable liquid and gaseous fuels (e.g. bio-CNG, bio-LNG, hydrogen, HVO, and e-fuels). The current full electrification strategy risks excluding viable pathways and fails to reflect the diverse energy realities across Member States. FCE calls for a regulatory framework based on well-to-wheel emissions, recognising the full life-cycle CO savings of renewable fuels. This includes revising the CO Standards Regulation to acknowledge vehicles powered by CO-neutral fuels as zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). Such an approach supports more inclusive and effective decarbonisation, especially in sectors where full electrification is not yet viable. Fleet card providers can support this by offering tools that enable businesses to track renewable fuel use, aiding transparency and reporting on decarbonisation progress. FCE also highlights the need to clarify the scope of the initiativewhether it covers light-duty vehicles (LDVs), HDVs, or bothas the decarbonisation strategies differ significantly. The Commission should adopt a differentiated approach that accounts for the varying operational and technological realities across vehicle types. Until renewable fuels are fully recognised in emissions regulations, the Clean Corporate Vehicles initiative should include low-emission vehicles (LEVs) powered by sustainable fuels, or focus on performance-based targets rather than technology-specific mandates. FCE supports the Commissions intention to boost demand for clean vehicles but stresses the importance of enabling conditions and incentives. These include fiscal incentives, purchase subsidies, and operational cost supportespecially vital for HDVs, where current ZEV uptake remains low (2.3% market share). The average truck age in the EU is 13.9 years, so relying on normal fleet renewal wont be enough to meet 2030 targets. Infrastructure gaps pose further barriers. Despite some progress, the current network for HDVs is inadequate: only 160 truck-specific chargers were installed in 2023, with 15,000 e-trucks and 170 hydrogen trucks already on EU roads. By 2030, 50,000 public HDV chargers and 2,000 hydrogen refuelling stations will be neededfar exceeding todays levels. FCE calls for urgent and coordinated investment to close this gap. FCE opposes mandatory corporate fleet purchase targets. These risk distorting markets, stifling innovation, and ignoring real-world operational needs (e.g. route, payload, downtime). With 89% of EU road transport companies being SMEs, mandates without adequate support could disproportionately impact smaller players and encourage use of cheaper, non-EU vehiclesthreatening EU industrial competitiveness. Mandates may also reduce market flexibility, inflate vehicle prices, and further erode EV residual values. In contrast, incentive-based, flexible policies would better support both climate goals and fleet operators economic realities. FCE and its members remain committed to working with the European Commission to help design a balanced, practical, and inclusive Clean Corporate Vehicles initiativeone that supports decarbonisation while respecting the diverse operational challenges of Europes fleet sector.
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