EU lawmaker group to challenge combustion engine ban this year

EU lawmaker group to challenge combustion engine ban this year

EU-AUTOS/EMISSIONS-TARGET (PIX):EU lawmaker group to challenge combustion engine ban this year

Because new cars emit too much CO2 in Switzerland, the car industry is threatened with penalties. It demands softer intermediate targets.

Brussels has bowed to calls from the car industry for leniency on emissions targets, giving lobbyists and politicians an opening to push for more.

The EU ban on combustion car engines is in trouble

Brussels caved to the auto sector’s pleas for leniency on emissions targets, giving lobbyists and politicians an opening to push for more.

As much as Europe encourages the use of newer and less polluting vehicles, the best way to reduce emissions is to remove old cars from circulation. Will Europe copy India?

The Senate adopted, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, a bill to adapt to the law of the European Union, including significant changes to France's environmental commitments. Among the flagship measures, the upper house refused to include in national legislation the prohibition of the sale of new thermal vehicles as early as 2035 and postponed the application of the green accounting obligations of companies for four years. The deadline of 2035 re…