There’s a possibility that VW may be focusing on prioritising building EV’s over ICE cars in Q4 of the year to limit the level of EU emissions-based fines levied on them in 2022. That could help explain the lengthy wait times some owners are experiencing if VW are currently churning out high volumes of zero emissions ID.3‘s, 4’s and 5’s at the expense of ‘dirty’ petrol / diesel engined cars. They might not be doing this but it’s a possibility.
The EU is a very important market for VW and the emissions based fines imposed on them could be significant if the mix of cars they builds is heavily skewed towards ICE cars with high CO2 emissions. VW’s ICE cars do tend to be quite ‘dirty’ - even the smallest ICE they produce the 1.0 litre up! city car has CO2 emissions of 115g per km, and some of the performance models and SUV‘s have CO2 emissions in excess of 200g/km. The 2022 EU CO2 emissions target a car manufacturer has to meet for their overall fleet of new cars built and registered is 95g per km, and for each gram of CO2 above the target, they are fined €95 per new car registered.
VW sold 1, 274,137 new cars in the EU in 2021 (source; statista.com). VW’s 2021 average CO2 emissions for the EU passenger car fleet was 118.5g/km (https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/new...forward-decarbonization-and-overfulfils-.html).
Therefore, VW’s 2021 emissions fines would have been in the region of €2.8 - €2.9 billion; see below. The calculation is unlikely to be as simple as this, but illustrates the size of the fine that would be levied on them.
https://www.best-selling-cars.com/b...oup-worldwide-deliveries-by-brand-and-market/
IMHO, interesting and food for thought .
The EU is a very important market for VW and the emissions based fines imposed on them could be significant if the mix of cars they builds is heavily skewed towards ICE cars with high CO2 emissions. VW’s ICE cars do tend to be quite ‘dirty’ - even the smallest ICE they produce the 1.0 litre up! city car has CO2 emissions of 115g per km, and some of the performance models and SUV‘s have CO2 emissions in excess of 200g/km. The 2022 EU CO2 emissions target a car manufacturer has to meet for their overall fleet of new cars built and registered is 95g per km, and for each gram of CO2 above the target, they are fined €95 per new car registered.
VW sold 1, 274,137 new cars in the EU in 2021 (source; statista.com). VW’s 2021 average CO2 emissions for the EU passenger car fleet was 118.5g/km (https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/new...forward-decarbonization-and-overfulfils-.html).
Therefore, VW’s 2021 emissions fines would have been in the region of €2.8 - €2.9 billion; see below. The calculation is unlikely to be as simple as this, but illustrates the size of the fine that would be levied on them.
- Cars built / sold registered 1,274,137
- Fleet average CO2 emissions 118.5g/km, so 23.5g/km above the 95g/km fleet average target
- Fine amount; 1,274,137 x 23.5 x €95 = €2.8445 billion
https://www.best-selling-cars.com/b...oup-worldwide-deliveries-by-brand-and-market/
IMHO, interesting and food for thought .