Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess criticized the group of seven leaders for failing to set a agency date to section out coal energy, saying it’s mindless to let electrical automobiles run on soiled power.

“That isn’t sufficient, @G7. Disappointing end result,” Diess tweeted Tuesday. “We have to exit coal a lot earlier! EVs are key to achieve the local weather targets 2030. However EVs solely make sense with inexperienced power, letting EVs run on coal is regulatory nonsense.” @COP26 @BorisJohnson @EU_Commission https://t.co/mOpqn2pJTW
— Herbert Diess (@Herbert_Diess) June 15, 2021

Within the last communique that emerged from final week’s summit, the G-7 dedicated to ending worldwide funding for carbon-intensive fossil gas power as quickly as attainable and dashing up their exit from coal as they decarbonize their electrical energy sectors within the 2030s. However they weren’t capable of agree on a firmer date because of resistance from one group member.

Diess is main probably the most aggressive push into EVs by a longtime automaker, with plans to launch roughly 70 battery-powered fashions by the top of the last decade. He criticized Germany final yr for being too sluggish and timid in its retreat from coal-fired energy vegetation.