Last week, public concern was triggered by news of a potential dramatic rise in vehicle and fuel taxes in connection with energy and climate plans. The media reported on the threat of heavy fines for Latvia due to high CO2 pollution levels. The Latvian Authorized Car Dealers Association raised the alarm that two-thirds of the Latvian population would no longer be able to afford a car by 2021. For the time being, there are no concrete decisions, although the Ministry of Economics is planning to submit the National Energy and Climate Plan for 2021–2030 to the government for consideration in December, which provides for replacing petrol and diesel cars with electric vehicles and other modern and currently expensive forms of transport over the next ten years. Proposals on eco-friendly transport issues are also being developed by the Ministry of Transport, which had prepared amendments to the “Alternative Fuels Development Plan 2017–2020”, threatening restrictions on the purchase of older cars, though these have been withdrawn for the time being following industry objections.