This has nothing to do with that. Especially considering how electric cars are still way too expensive for the working class.
The EU is just out of touch with car manufacturing. They are to blame for the SUV-epidemic in Europe. Basically they are making laws that sound good on paper but unrealistic in real world scenarios. Consumption and emission levels are skewed by the hybrid motors in the SUV. The laws are written so the mini cars like the Volkswagen Up are just not financially worth to produce. So in conclusion, the laws that were supposed to reduce the CO2 emissions actually made everything worse.
More on this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/08/04/just-ho...