The European Union has just endorsed an agreement on a law aimed at effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, in order to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and to combat climate change. It has now been several months since this new legislation was put to the vote, before being approved by parliamentarians on June 8th.
Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament, which must approve new EU laws, as well as the European Commission, which drafts new laws, have finally agreed that car manufacturers had to reduce their CO2 emissions by 100% by 2035which will make it impossible after that date to sell new fossil fuel-powered vehicles in the 27-nation bloc.
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The adoption of 100% electric will be done in stages
The European Council and the European Parliament have agreed on provisional rules aimed at reduce carbon emissions from passenger vehicles by 55% by 2030 abefore promulgating a total ban on internal combustion engines for new passenger cars and vans in 2035.
The European Parliament said the deal is a signal ahead of COP27, the annual UN conference on climate change, ” that the EU is serious about adopting concrete laws to achieve the more ambitious objectives set out in the European climate law “.
Automakers that produce fewer than 10,000 vehicles could be exempt from some restrictions, but should still be carbon-free by 2036. This means that car manufacturers such as Lamborghini and Bentley will benefit from a one year to achieve their goals, due to higher stresses. Vans would have a slightly different target in 2030, but would face the same 2035 deadline.
The EU says a report will also be published by the end of 2025 (and every two years thereafter) for “ evaluate the progress made in terms of emission-free road mobility “.