A new EU proposal to freeze safety requirements for small electric cars for up to ten years could put lives at risk and create a two-tier vehicle safety system, ETSC said in a briefing published…

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A new EU proposal to freeze safety requirements for small electric cars for up to ten years could put lives at risk and create a two-tier vehicle safety system

ETSC warns that this approach would lock in outdated standards at a time when the EU is already off track to meet its target of halving road deaths by 2030. More than 19,000 people were killed on EU roads in 2025.

Instead of lowering standards, ETSC calls for incentive schemes to promote the uptake of smaller, safer vehicles that comply with the latest safety requirements.