The 2035 engine ban is inevitable, but a compromise is emerging
Reverse course on electric cars ruled out, Europe could freeze 2025 new car emissions cut - no fines
No backtracking on the ban on petrol and diesel from 2035, but a compromise can be made: freeze the fines in force from 2025 against manufacturers that do not cut emissions from new registrations by 15 per cent; a rule that, in fact, would mean increasing sales of electric cars at a time of black crisis for the industry.
Europe is contemplating the issue, which on the one hand rules out a review of the ban on traditional fuels at dealerships. "It is not a hypothesis that we are considering," were the words of Teresa Ribera, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Clean Transition, but which on the other extends a hand to manufacturers, anxious after the dreaded maximum fine of €15 billion.
At the moment these are just rumours reported by news agencies, but something could be developing, because the same sources point out the European People's Party (EPP) is pushing in that direction. And among its ranks there is also the CDU of president Ursula von der Leyen, who has promised to personally deal with the car dossier.
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Source: Teleborsa
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