With EU CO2 fleet average emission benchmarks falling by 15% to 93.6g/km (WLTP) during 2025 and up to the end of 2029, another CO2 regulatory pool looks like being established following the news of Tesla polling with a diverse group of manufacturers including Ford, Stellantis and Toyota as reported.
Mercedes-Benz, alongside its current pool partner Smart in which it controls a 50% equity stake alongside partner Geely, intends to also pool with other Geely brands, Volvo Cars as well as Polestar.
Geely holds a 10 per cent equity stake in Mercedes-Benz alongside fellow Chinese auto manufacture BAIC.
Regulatory pools allow manufacturers with lower than benchmark CO2 fleet emissions averages to financially benefit from distributing that average with a struggling manufacturer, Mercedes in this case, to achieve regulatory targets and avoid fines for non-complaince.
The financial details of plan are not required to be made public although Tesla publishes the figure they receive from regulatory credits on a quarterly basis which also includes regulatory collected from regions such as California and China.
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*Western Europe 18 Markets: EU Member States prior to the 2004 enlargement plus EFTA markets Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, plus UK
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