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EU to Fast-Track Review of 2035 Combustion-Engine Ban

European automakers cite challenges including Asian battery dependence, high costs, and US tariffs, urging the EU to reconsider the 2035 combustion-engine sales ban to protect 13 million industry jobs.

  • On September 12, 2025, major European car manufacturers convened in Brussels for a strategic discussion with the head of the European Commission regarding the planned ban on combustion-engine vehicles by 2035.
  • The meeting followed the EU's 2022 decision to ban registration of new combustion-engine cars from 2035, amid industry pressure to review and relax emissions targets due to production challenges.
  • Carmakers cited issues including dependence on Asian battery suppliers, uneven charging infrastructure, high costs, US tariffs, and competition from Chinese EV makers, while the sector sheds jobs and faces declining sales.
  • Von der Leyen pledged to fast-track a regulatory review, launch a small affordable car initiative, and allocate 1.8 billion euros to boost battery production, while noting technological neutrality and possible tweaks to targets.
  • The accelerated review and initiatives aim to reconcile climate goals with industry viability, reflecting unresolved tensions between strict CO2 regulations and the sector's competitiveness needs.
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As part of the green climate agenda, a ban on combustion engines will enter into force across Europe from 2035. For the German automotive industry ... The post Burner ban will become a job killer: In 36 regions, unemployment is threatening rise appeared first on Apollo News.

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Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder wants the car industry in Europe to be able to work with combustion technology beyond 2035. EVP boss Manfred Weber even promises that this will happen.

·Munich, Germany
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More sources of approach to the meeting which the representatives of the car industry in Europe, through the ACEA, had with the President of the European Commission, Ursula van der Leyen, argues that there has been an opportunity to review the plans...

·Romania
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As reported, Europe's leading car builders are storming the EU's planned 2035 burn-out. Cheap competition from China, drastic US tariffs and bad economic policies make the actual ban almost impossible. Krone+ analyses why the ideological climate project needs to be quickly reconsidered – and also "becomes as soon as possible."

·Vienna, Austria
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BRUSSELS — The European Commission will conduct a review of the internal combustion engine phase-out over the next three months, it told representatives of automakers and suppliers on Friday. A proposal to amend the law is expected to be presented by the end of the year. However, it is still unclear what exactly will be changed in the regulation, which effectively bans combustion engines from 2035, several industry insiders told POLITICO after a…

·Brussels, Belgium
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epochtimes.de broke the news in on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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