Four leading associations representing the electric vehicle value chain — E-Mobility Europe, ChargeUp Europe, Eurelectric and RECHARGE — have jointly called on EU co-legislators to deliver a stronger package of EV-specific energy security measures as part of the follow-up to the European Commission's AccelerateEU plan. In a statement published on May 12, 2026, the groups argue that no credible energy crisis response can omit the decarbonisation of road transport, noting that 57% of Europe's energy is imported fossil fuels and that road transport alone accounted for 47.7% of EU oil consumption in 2024.
The statement, coordinated under the 'Take Charge Europe' banner, welcomes AccelerateEU's recognition of e-mobility as a 'structural pathway' to reduce oil dependency but criticises the plan for making no reference to the EV ecosystem or the regulatory framework — including CO2 standards for cars and vans and the Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation — that supports it. The groups highlight that oil prices have surged due to the Middle East escalation while electricity prices have been far less affected, particularly in countries with higher shares of carbon-free power, resulting in BEV drivers being five times less exposed to fuel price shocks than petrol vehicle drivers.
improving e-mobility accessibility through new EU and national demand-side measures such as social leasing and fleet incentives; removing bottlenecks to charging infrastructure deployment by de-risking projects via public guarantees, delivering the grids package, and enabling smart and bidirectional charging at scale; and matching the scale of global clean tech competition with stronger EU investment support. This would require committing EU-level long-term funding for strategic sectors like electric vehicle batteries, through the urgent deployment of the Battery Booster Facility, the European Competitiveness Fund, and additional localisation incentives under the Industrial Accelerator Act.
The call comes as EU policy debates continue to focus on watering down the very framework that enables electrification, according to the groups. The statement urges co-legislators to place decarbonisation of transport at the core of the energy security response, warning that without stronger measures Europe risks missing both its climate goals and its energy independence objectives.
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