CO2 reduction: end of the internal combustion engine remains at 2035 🎥
NOW THEREFORE Following the EU Commission's decision, the EU Parliament has followed suit, as expected: From 2035, no new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with combustion engines are to be registered.
In addition, CO2 emissions from new vehicles are to be cut by around half by 2030. There can be no talk of an overwhelming majority: The decision was made with 340 votes in favor and 279 against.
Missed opportunity for the EU in Brussels
President Jürgen Karpinski, President of the German Association of Motor Trades and Repairs (Zentralverband Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe, ZDK): "Anyone who wants to achieve rapid success in CO2 reduction must look at the current vehicle population of around 46 million passenger cars in Germany alone. Here, the EU has missed the opportunity to make a breakthrough for synthetic e-fuels with which the fleet can be operated in a climate-neutral manner."
The electric plans are too ambitious
In addition, vehicles with combustion engines would continue to be registered outside Europe after 2035. The ZDK also expresses doubts about the ambitious electric plans.
Jürgen Karpinski: "The goal of 15 million battery-powered electric vehicles by 2030 postulated in the coalition agreement can only be achieved if the necessary framework conditions are right. However, neither the cuts in funding nor the sluggish expansion of the charging infrastructure fit in with this. Perhaps, in the end, alternatives such as e-fuels are urgently needed to achieve the climate targets."
Incidentally, politicians are also leaving this loophole open - despite the almost final decision. The Commission wants to put climate-neutral fuels to the test again in 2026.
Source: Car Media Portal, tagessschau.de
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