accord while saying it still falls short of whats needed for the eu to meet its objectives under the landmark united nations pact reached in paris in 2015 to fight global warmingeurope is shifting up a gear in the race to produce zeroemission cars greg archer tes cleanvehicles director said in a statement the new law means by 2030 around a third of new cars will be electric or hydrogenpowered thats progress but its not fast enough to hit our climate goalsthe agreement still needs the approval of membercountry governments and the full eu parliament steps that are usually formalities bloomberg published on dec 18 2018 at 0813 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app cars electric vehicle clean vehicles electric cars auto industry homenewsindustryelectric cars get another boost as eu backs tighter carbon caps