ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The European motor vehicle market opens on 2026 with a bending trend: the new registrations are attested to 961.382 units, recording a contraction of 3.5% regarding 996.016 of the correspondent month of 2025. In the panorama of the main European markets, Italy stands out, which with an increase of 6.2% is awarded the best result among the great markets of the continent, confirming the third position in the European ranking already conquered in January of 2025. Despite the positive result in the overall registrations, Italy is confirmed as a taillight among the big European markets for the penetration of rechargeable cars (ECV), which in the month stops at 14.8% of the total. On 18 February, Unrae participated in the parliamentary hearing on the so-called “ Automotive Package” of the European Union. The Director General of Unrae, Andrea Cardinali, says: “We welcome a few steps ahead of the European Commission’s proposal: the anticipation of the review of regulations, the distinction between targets for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, a more pragmatic approach to target 2035, the calculation of compliance on a three-year basis in the 2030-2032 period, the ‘Battery Booster’ strategy of 1.8 billion and renewed attention to business fleets.”.
However, according to Unrae, the trajectory outlined by the proposal must still find a phase of consolidation. The goal of decarbonization is shared, but the economic and industrial sustainability of the path is still to be built. Returning to Italy, among the issues of the sector to be resolved more urgently, according to Unrae certainly that of corporate taxation. On the topic Cardinals says: “Unrae has been supporting for years that the current tax regime of corporate cars is one of the main obstacles to the ecological transition. If it were less penalizing, the fleets would help accelerate the spread of clean technologies and renew their park more frequently, generating a used ‘young’ and accessible. If we do not proceed to a reform of taxation in a green key – intervening on detraibility of VAT, deductibility of costs and period of depreciation – Italy will not be able to center European targets, seriously risking turning into a standard B market”.
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