VW does not want to sell any combustion engines in the EU from 2035

In the next few decades, classic combustion engines should be a thing of the past when it comes to individual locomotion. Because in order to fight climate change sustainably, the planet must become climate neutral by the middle of the century or we must even remove emissions from the atmosphere. In order to achieve this goal, the automotive industry has to play along, so many manufacturers have already presented specific measures.

One of them is now Volkswagen. The largest car manufacturer from Wolfsburg plans to completely withdraw from the combustion engine business in the EU between 2033 and 2035, from then on only alternative drives should play a role. In other countries, however, it will take a little longer, in the USA and China it will probably not be until later, in South America and Africa it will be much later.

Klaus Zellmer, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Sales, Marketing and After Sales, announced that the Group’s entire fleet should be climate-neutral by 2050, and 70 percent of the vehicles sold in the EU should be electric by 2030.

This follows a trend in the industry. Just recently, the company’s own subsidiary, Audi, announced that it was already planning to phase out vehicles with internal combustion engines over the next few years. But other corporations are also moving in this direction. Ford only wants to sell e-vehicles in the EU by 2030, Honda wants to take this step by 2040.

Of course, this is not entirely voluntary. Many countries will ban the sale of combustion engines in the next few decades, in Norway by 2025, in France by 2040 and in the United Kingdom by 2050. In the United States, vehicles with internal combustion engines will no longer be allowed to be sold in California from 2035.

Own opinion:

The future is sustainable and (probably) electric. Many car manufacturers are already demonstrating the efficiency of their e-vehicles; if this continues, the combustion engine could become less attractive on its own in the next few years. Because usually there are no bans at all if you set the right incentives.

Via The Verge