Right now, the EU is planning to ban the internal combustion engine in 2035. But nothing is certain, and now the law behind the ban needs to be re-examined.
It must now be examined whether the EU's planned ban on the internal combustion engine in 2035 should be revised or scrapped.
The EU plans to stop the sale of new cars with petrol and diesel engines by 2035. However, there is a possibility that the ban could be lifted. The government in Brussels has also consistently said that the rules are not written in stone.
– We have no time to lose, says the EU's transport commissioner.
Under current regulations, emission requirements for new cars will gradually be tightened until the sale of new cars with combustion engines is completely prohibited by 2035.
A review of the rules was planned for 2026, but it will now be carried out in the second half of 2025.
The EU may lift the ban on the combustion engine
This is what Handelsblatt writes.
The fact that the EU is already considering whether to change or scrap the rules could be a plus for the European car industry. Earlier this week, the EU announced that it is sticking to the ban.
But that decision is no more certain than that the whole thing must be investigated again. On the other hand, the law is not a total ban.
The EU already allows cars that can run exclusively on synthetic fuel to be sold after 2035.
However, the automotive industry wants the EU to bend even further and allow the sale of regular gasoline and diesel cars if they are plug-in hybrids.
This is happening because the spread of electric cars is not at the same speed as politicians promised car brands several years ago.
The charging infrastructure is also inadequate. For the same reason, several car brands have begun to regret their goal of building only electric cars. Even Volvo, which has sworn that it would never build gasoline cars again, recognizes that this kind of thing cannot be done without in 2030.
The European Commission has also begun to relax certain rules. Earlier this week, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that car brands will be given more time to meet the 2025 emissions requirements.
Instead of having to meet the targets by a certain date, they will now have three years to offset CO2 emissions to current levels.
Before the EU came to that realization, Volkswagen in particular warned that it risked fines of 11 billion kroner. Money that the hard-pressed group is unlikely to find without very drastic cuts on top of the layoffs and factory closures that are already planned.
Despite the relaxation, the automotive industry believes that it is not sufficient. Therefore, the pressure on the EU Commission is also growing.
At the same time, the EU continues to support electric cars. Among other things, it has been proposed that all member states should support new electric cars with fixed amounts.
It has also been suggested that member states should be forced to support leasing programs to support the spread of electric cars.
In addition, there are plans for legal requirements that force companies to choose electric cars. Just as the EU will allocate billions of kroner for public charging stations.
