EU’s 2035 EV-Only Dream Hits A Hybrid Speed Bump
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The EU’s ban on the sale of new combustion-engined cars, including hybrids and plug-in hybrids, from 2035 onwards, is facing the automotive sector in Europe. If, in recent weeks, governments such as Germany’s, organisations such as the employer of European manufacturers ACEA and CEO such as Stellantis’s or Skoda’s have advocated in public statements because the EU is flexing the position it adopted on 12 May 2022; now the opposition to this meas…
Another six EU countries plead for delaying ICE phase-out
Six EU member states have urged the European Commission in a letter to weaken the planned 2035 ban on new registrations of internal combustion engine cars. The signatories are primarily from Central and Eastern European countries. A group of six EU member states is urging the European Commission to permit the sale of hybrid vehicles or vehicles powered by other existing or future technologies “that could contribute to the goal of reducing emissi…
Representatives of Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria are calling on the European Union not to ban hybrid cars from 2035. They are also demanding that biofuels be included among zero-emission fuels, ANSA reported, citing a letter that it said was signed by, among others, outgoing Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
The end of the sale of new thermal motors is still and still being debated. Even more so as the fateful date is getting closer and closer. This measure will take effect from 2035. Several European countries are fiercely opposed. So much so that they are asking to abandon this measure. What are the six countries concerned? The saga around the end of the sale of new thermal cars is not over. On Friday, six European Union countries asked the Europe…
EU’s 2035 EV-Only Dream Hits A Hybrid Speed Bump
Six EU leaders want the Commission to ease 2035 emissions rules. Slower EV demand and high costs are driving policy resistance. Chinese rivals and trade tensions add pressure on lawmakers. Back in 2023, the European Union agreed to effectively ban the sale of new combustion-engined cars from 2035 by tightening fleet emissions rules to the point where only zero-emission vehicles could comply. Now, a coalition of six leaders says that plan needs t…
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