Is the end of combustion engines wobbly in the EU? Now it gets exciting again
New combustion engines will be banned in the EU from 2035. That, at least, is the goal that has long been considered irrefutable. But the upcoming final decision will be postponed. Is this the first step of retreat from retreat?
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Combustion ban delayed? EU removes final vote from schedule
The Combustion engine ban in the EU from 2035 are valid. The responsible bodies agreed on this months ago. But the last approval is missing: In a few days, on Tuesday, March 7th, the 27 member states should vote. What was considered a formality will now be delayed, according to a spokesman for the Swedish EU Presidency the scheduled date will not take place (Source: dpa via T-Online).
On when the final vote will be postponed, the report does not reveal. It’s quite possible that the EU itself will no clarity reigns. Germany’s Minister of Transport, Volker Wissing, should see this as a gain. Just a few days earlier, the FDP politician had made it clear that he could not approve the draft in its current form for Germany.
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The reason given by Wissing was that the EU Commission had not made any proposal as to how e-fuels could be integrated into the plans. This should make it possible for cars with a classic combustion engine to still be registered as new cars after 2035 if they are exclusively fueled with climate-neutral, artificial fuels would.
In addition to Germany’s rejection, Italy, Bulgaria and Poland had also signaled that they did not support the ban in its current form. A majority of 15 of the 27 EU member states, which together represent at least 65 percent of the population in the European Union, is decisive for the final decision. Without Germany, this hurdle would be according to T-Online no longer possible been.
Even when it comes to cost victory, the race between electric cars and combustion engines is open again:
Does Germany’s decision mean the end of combustion engines?
Postponed is not cancelled, the vernacular knows. The delay in the vote is not the end of the end for the combustion engine. But the EU Commission obviously has to go back to the drawing board and come up with something to include Germany and the rest of the world Convince critics of the combustion ban. The fact that a new date has not yet been made public for the final vote to be completed speaks volumes about how things stand.
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