From 2035, no new cars with combustion engines are to be sold. Only cars and vans that do not emit greenhouse gases will then be on sale. This was decided by the EU Parliament.
The EU Parliament wants to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035. A majority of MEPs voted in Strasbourg to allow manufacturers to market only cars and vans that emit no greenhouse gases from the middle of the next decade. Before such a regulation can come into force, the Parliament still has to negotiate it with the EU member states.
EU member states to take position at end of month
At the end of the month, the EU states want to define their position on the ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars. Then the two EU institutions still have to find a compromise so that it can come into force. Germany has already committed to the 2035 phase-out date.
Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) had said on behalf of the German government in Brussels in March that it stood behind the goal of phasing out internal combustion engines in cars and vans by 2035. Several major car manufacturers, including Mercedes and Ford, had also called for a halt to sales of internal combustion engines in leading markets from 2035 at the World Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.
After the vote, German Green MEP Michael Bloss said, “With this, we have decided for the future of Europe as an automotive location.” In the future, the best electric cars and latest batteries would come from Europe.
Criticism from the CDU
The MEPs were also in favor of not being able to count climate-friendly synthetic fuels. With these, a classic combustion engine could be operated in a climate-neutral manner. Critics, however, fear that there are already too few of these for aviation and shipping, which are less easily powered electrically than cars or vans.
Criticism came from the CDU. “Greens, liberals and social democrats unfortunately prefer to put all their eggs in the electric mobility basket,” said CDU MEP Jens Gieseke. In his own words, he fears for Europe’s competitiveness and numerous jobs. However, he conceded, “The ban on internal combustion cars in 2035 will probably be unavoidable.”
Bold move.
In the meantime they should explore a few solutions about making batteries that can not light up as an unstoppable bonfire in an accident.
What’s wrong with e-fuels?
Need more charging stations for electric car
Good. Get that infrastructure up and running and we’ll be fine (and slightly less polluted).
We don’t need banning internal combustion engines. What we need is to make electric cars so attractive that no one in their right mind would want to buy a fossil car.
This talk of banning only feeds the anti-EV movement.
No one cares if a Ferrari or Porsche has an internal combustion engine in 2035, but if driving a Fiat Punto with a combustion engine is more expensive and not as enjoyable than an e-Punto by 2025 then no one will buy the combustion engine version and the manufacturers will naturally phase them out.
It’s not all about batteries and charging stations. It’s also about electricity production.
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From 2035, no new cars with combustion engines are to be sold. Only cars and vans that do not emit greenhouse gases will then be on sale. This was decided by the EU Parliament.
The EU Parliament wants to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035. A majority of MEPs voted in Strasbourg to allow manufacturers to market only cars and vans that emit no greenhouse gases from the middle of the next decade. Before such a regulation can come into force, the Parliament still has to negotiate it with the EU member states.
EU member states to take position at end of month
At the end of the month, the EU states want to define their position on the ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars. Then the two EU institutions still have to find a compromise so that it can come into force. Germany has already committed to the 2035 phase-out date.
Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) had said on behalf of the German government in Brussels in March that it stood behind the goal of phasing out internal combustion engines in cars and vans by 2035. Several major car manufacturers, including Mercedes and Ford, had also called for a halt to sales of internal combustion engines in leading markets from 2035 at the World Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November.
After the vote, German Green MEP Michael Bloss said, “With this, we have decided for the future of Europe as an automotive location.” In the future, the best electric cars and latest batteries would come from Europe.
Criticism from the CDU
The MEPs were also in favor of not being able to count climate-friendly synthetic fuels. With these, a classic combustion engine could be operated in a climate-neutral manner. Critics, however, fear that there are already too few of these for aviation and shipping, which are less easily powered electrically than cars or vans.
Criticism came from the CDU. “Greens, liberals and social democrats unfortunately prefer to put all their eggs in the electric mobility basket,” said CDU MEP Jens Gieseke. In his own words, he fears for Europe’s competitiveness and numerous jobs. However, he conceded, “The ban on internal combustion cars in 2035 will probably be unavoidable.”
Bold move.
In the meantime they should explore a few solutions about making batteries that can not light up as an unstoppable bonfire in an accident.
What’s wrong with e-fuels?
Need more charging stations for electric car
Good. Get that infrastructure up and running and we’ll be fine (and slightly less polluted).
We don’t need banning internal combustion engines. What we need is to make electric cars so attractive that no one in their right mind would want to buy a fossil car.
This talk of banning only feeds the anti-EV movement.
No one cares if a Ferrari or Porsche has an internal combustion engine in 2035, but if driving a Fiat Punto with a combustion engine is more expensive and not as enjoyable than an e-Punto by 2025 then no one will buy the combustion engine version and the manufacturers will naturally phase them out.
It’s not all about batteries and charging stations. It’s also about electricity production.