US EditionEU Eases Ban on Internal Combustion Cars
- The European Union has relaxed a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars, allowing a 90% reduction in emissions instead of 100%.
- Industry Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné described the changes as a 'lifeline' for Europe's auto industry, maintaining its green ambitions.
- Carmakers, meeting competition from China, welcomed the decision; however, critics, including France and Spain, warned it might slow the shift to electric vehicles.
- The EU will provide €1.5 billion in interest-free loans for battery producers and has proposed other measures to support the industry.
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The European Commission (EC) decided to withdraw the total veto on the sale of cars with combustion engines from 2035 onwards. A proposal that addresses the relaxation of the rules demanded by industry and by Germany, but ignores the call from Spain and France to maintain the agreed objectives with which there are brands that win, but there are also many others that lose. The big beneficiaries of the Brussels reverse are the German car manufactu…
The production of new petrol and diesel cars was supposed to end in the EU by 2035. Now they are allowed to remain on the market, albeit under limited conditions.
The Greek Commissioner stressed from Strasbourg that the new package of measures is a lifeline for the European automotive industry.
EU likely to drop ban on combustion engine cars
The EU appears likely to drop what had amounted to a ban from 2035 on the sale of combustion-engine cars, under pressure from the continent’s beleaguered auto industry. The move is yet to be finalized, but would allow sales of plug-in hybrids, and marks the latest watering-down of the bloc’s green policies. The shift comes as European carmakers struggle to compete with Chinese rivals. Other Western markets are pivoting, too: The US has reduced i…
Green credits will probably return.
The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, described this Wednesday as “historical error of Europe” the step taken yesterday by the European Commission in diluting the veto to the new combustion cars from 2035, one of the axes of the Green Pact that is now in question. Sánchez has criticized the weakening of climate commitments with competitiveness as an excuse. Sánchez has built all his speech around that this idea of the reverse will come…
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