France urges ambitious EU rules to green corporate fleets

France calls on the European Commission for an ambitious legislative proposal on greening corporate fleets.

• Main announcement: France requests the European Commission to table, by end-2025, a sufficiently ambitious legislative proposal on the greening of corporate fleets covering both light and heavy-duty vehicles, with measures to encourage purchase of EVs with high European content for large corporate fleets.
• Details & background: The note cites that corporate light fleets represent >50% of annual EU passenger car registrations, are renewed on average every 4.8 years in France (average car age 11.2 years), 53% of private buyers use the used car market, and that zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles were 3.5% of new registrations in 2024; it also calls for regulatory rewards for manufacturers producing vehicles and components in Europe.