The 2035 Combustion Engine U-Turn: Europe’s Auto Industry Reckoning
Europe’s plan to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 is facing its most important stress test yet.
A proposed 90% reduction in the EU’s new-car zero-emission target could preserve more room for combustion engines and hybrids after 2035, while removing the proposed requirement to offset the remaining 10% through green steel or e-fuels. But this is not enacted law. It is a proposal moving through the EU institutional process.
This episode examines the evidence behind the controversy: the €95-per-gram excess-emissions mechanism, reported potential Volkswagen Group job reductions of up to…
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