US EditionEU rollback of 2035 car emissions ban sparks climate concerns
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The Spanish Association of Automotive Suppliers (Sernauto) has positively assessed the first step taken by the European Commission with the approval of the package of measures for automotive, «because it marks a turning point by introducing greater flexibility in the scope of decarbonization objectives in 2035«, although it has indicated that »it does not solve the critical situation that European automotive suppliers go through«The regulatory p…
EU Set to Weaken 2035 Internal Combustion Engine Ban
The European Union has officially announced plans to change the 2035 emissions laws due to pressure from automakers. Image: Volkswagen Europe’s 2035 emissions laws are set to be revised, with the latest proposal in the European Parliament allowing for a limited number of vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) to be sold. Previously, the emissions laws stated that all new light vehicles sold could not “emit any carbon dioxide (exhaust) e…
The total ban on thermal vehicles from 2035 onwards is abandoned in favour of a more flexible approach. It is a hard blow for the ecological transition, a victory for Germany in particular. The European Commission formalized, on 16 December 2025, and validated Germany's major lobbying, slightly supported by France, in order to renounce the ban on the sale of thermal vehicles at 2035. Instead of all the electricity initially planned, Brussels now…
In order to ease the pressure on its automotive sector, the European Union has relaxed its objective of a total ban on sales of new thermal vehicles in 2035. A decision called for by some countries but far from being unanimous, while sales are struggling to resume. Graphic illustrationWith the alarm screams of some manufacturers, the European Union has agreed to relax one of the flagship measures of its environmental ambitions: the ban on the sa…
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