CARS 21 High Level Group on the Competitiveness and Sustainable Growth of the Automotive Industry in the European Union - Final Report 2012

In order to analyse these challenges and develop a joint strategy for decision makers from the private and public sectors, the Commission decided at the end of 2010 to re-launch the CARS 21 High Level Group, which was originally set-up in 2005. It was one of the actions listed in the Commission Communication for a "European strategy on clean and energy-efficient vehicles", adopted on 28th April 2010. The objective of the group is to make policy recommendations to support the competitiveness and sustainable growth of the European automotive industry. A network of strong, well diversified and competitive enterprises along the entire value chain must be at the heart of this strategy.

This Report covers the group's consensus on the strategic vision for the automotive sector at the horizon 2020 and specific recommendations on a number of policy areas that are of importance for the automotive sector.There is a extensive discussion on biofuels within Chapter 5: Deploying new mobility solutions