The European Commission is seeking to have at least 30 million electric vehicles (EVs) on EU roads by 2030 – an enormous increase from the estimated 1.4 million in circulation within the bloc today.
Reaching this goal demands regulations to steer states, companies and consumers in the right direction. But while demand for EVs and other types of cleaner mobility are surging, regulation presents obstacles as well as conduits to the roll-out of cleaner mobility in Europe, and stakeholders will need to address four significant legal bumps in the road to achieving greener transport.
Emerging contractual and liability issuesIt is becoming increasingly clear that long-term, standard contracts between landowners/site operators and EV charging-point operators (CPOs) are often unsuitable for the rapid pace of change in policy, legislation and commercial reality governing EVs and alternative-fuel vehicles.
Recent experience shows that contracts with (previously...