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Did Europe’s Automakers Just Save Enthusiast Cars for the Foreseeable Future?

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Automakers will no longer be forced to go all-electric before 2035. Toyota Petrolheads rejoice! In a shocking landmark reversal, the European Union just essentially cancelled its 2035 ban on the sale of internal combustion-powered cars. According to multiple sources and a press release from the EU, the decision comes after massive lobbying and litigation efforts, mainly by European car companies, who banded together to campaign against the b…

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The European Commission has proposed that the production of cars with internal combustion engines could continue on a small scale from 2035. This would mean lifting the ban that had been planned until now.

·Estonia
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The European Commission decided on Tuesday 16 December to abandon the strict objective of all-electric power by 2035, which was imposed on vehicle manufacturers. As the Courier International relayed, "the European Commission has finally given way to the pressures of the automotive sector", reducing the "European Union's flagship proposal for reducing carbon emissions." With this "flexibility of rules", the sale of "rechargeable hybrid vehicles, …

Lean Right

The European Commission has presented a juevous Automotive Plan that sets out a new framework to ensure climate neutrality and strategic independence by 2050 , while offering greater flexibility to manufacturers, who will be able to continue to market combustion vehicles starting in 2035, albeit under strict conditions.This Plan responds to the demands of the EU industry to simplify the regulation, and to the slow deployment of the electric vehi…

·Spain
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Lean Left

After the Commission's renunciation of the complete ban on the sale of thermal engines in 2035, William Todts, Executive Director of the NGO T&E, believes that European ambition has been reduced to satisfy the richest.

·Paris, France
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Lean Left

Vehicle manufacturers managed to reverse a decision that was already generating a social crisis for millions of losses that were beginning to affect thousands of jobs in the industry.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Lean Left

The European Commission today presented the expected revision of the regulation on CO2 emissions from road transport: here are the news and why it has changed ...

·Turin, Italy
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La Stampa broke the news in Turin, Italy on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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