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Volvo's CEO Just Said The Quiet Part Loud About 2035's Gas Car Ban

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Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelson and his counterpart at Polestar both oppose the European Union's retreat from a 2035 ban on new gas and diesel cars. Here's why.
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Although the European Union (EU) wants to return to the ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines since 2035, the Volvo and Polish executives have shown themselves against...

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The crisis in the car sector led the Merz Chancellor to ask the EU to give time to ban fuel cars. The debate is slowed down.

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The thinking heads of the Volvo-Polestar group compare the industry's current resistance to the old fights against the seat belt or the catalytic pot. For Håkan Samuelsson and Michael Lohscheller, the automotive industry only moves under pressure. A truth that bothers? Manufacturers hate to force their hands. They plead for technological neutrality, a rather elegant term to say "let us do what we want so long as it sells." Yet, Volvo and its sis…

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For months now, there have been many managers present in various press releases or interviews. Always showing their strong opposition to the 'anti-emissions' law that the European Union has already announced by 2035. This, as a reminder, would mean a ban on selling new cars with combustion engines; hybrids or plug-in hybrids included. Given the still low penetration of the electricity sector in Europe, many managers advocate delaying the inclusi…

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