EU Commission rebuffs car industry calls to delay CO2 targets
The European Commission pushed back against calls by automakers to postpone the 2025 CO2 reduction targets for cars, arguing that carmakers had enough time to prepare.
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Car industry warns EU leaders against reversing 2035 combustion engine ban
Ahead of the meeting of EU heads of states and governments on Thursday and Friday (27-28 June), car manufacturers, energy companies and environmental NGOs have issued an “urgent” warning against revoking the EU’s 2035 de facto ban to sell new petrol an…
EU centre-right decides future of combustion engines in early July
After the victory of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Elections, the party will decide how to implement one of its core election promises – to secure a future for cars with an internal combustion engine – at the group’s “study days” fr…
German Minister Wissing: Tariffs on Chinese cars ‘wrong approach’
Putting up tariffs on Chinese electric cars to protect the European industry was the wrong approach, German liberal Transport Minister Volker Wissing told Euractiv in an interview, promoting international competition.
EU liberals’ lead candidate slams von der Leyen’s ‘extremely poor’ performance
Ursula von der Leyen’s performance as European Commission President was “extremely poor”, the lead candidate for the German and European liberals, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said on Saturday (27 April), citing prescriptive climate policy and bad app…
EU Parliament set to vote on truck CO2 emissions after green light from committee
The European Parliament’s environment committee has greenlit a new law to drastically reduce the number of newly sold diesel trucks in Europe, after a deal with Germany was struck between EU ambassadors last Friday (9 February).
The same procedure as last year, Mr. Wissing?
Every year on New Year’s Eve, Germans watch a sketch with the catchphrase “the same procedure as last year” — probably to remind each other that, no matter what happens, some things just stay the same.
EXCLUSIVE: Germany poised to repeat blockade on combustion engine ban for trucks
After initially signalling agreement, Germany will surprisingly abstain from another EU transport law, an industry source told Euractiv, as the liberal FDP party is blocking the agreement to the proposed new CO2 standards for trucks.
Car-making regions want slice of EU funds to power transition
As the shift towards electric vehicles majorly changes the employment structure of the automotive industry, car regions should be supported with EU money, the economy minister of Germany’s state of Saxony-Anhalt, Sven Schulze, told Euractiv in an inter…
New EU proposal will not save the combustion car, says e-fuels lobby
The European Commission’s draft proposal for a new category of cars running exclusively on e-fuels will de facto stop combustion engine cars from being sold after 2035 as the technical requirements cannot realistically be met, the head of the eFuel All…
Scholz praises individual mobility at German car show
Faced with growig criticism from environmentalists, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended individual mobility as a great social achievement and called upon carmakers to make electric vehicles available for all.
E-fuels won’t be CO2 neutral by 2035, says German transport minister
The registration of new cars with internal combustion engines running on e-fuels should be allowed after 2035, even if the fuels are not 100% climate neutral, German transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP/Renew Europe) said at an e-fuels conference on …
EU considers watering down ‘CO2 neutrality’ standard for eFuels
The European Commission is considering watering down a carbon neutrality requirement for e-fuels to allow combustion engine cars to be sold after 2035, internal documents show, suggesting a split in the EU executive on handling the matter.
Poland files lawsuit against key EU climate policies
The EU’s recently adopted climate legislation was not properly assessed, exceeded Brussels’ authority and now threatens Poland’s economy as well as energy security, legal arguments published by Warsaw on Monday (28 August) contend.