The EU has commissioned a study on exhaust emission limits.
The results shock the German carmaker.
Will the combustion engine end by 2025?
Berlin
- The auto industry fears that cars with combustion engines will end if the EU's exhaust gas limits are strict - and that as early as 2025. "With the introduction of the planned EU-7 standard, the EU Commission will de facto ban cars with combustion engines from 2025" said the
head of the VDA industry association, Hildegard Müller
, of the
dpa
.
Car and climate: EU could issue stricter exhaust gas limits - German carmaker: "Impossible and everyone knows that too"
In order
to be able to meet
the goals of the
Paris climate protection agreement
, the EU would like to
tighten
the
CO2 limit values
.
The
Bild am Sonntag
reported on a
study commissioned by the European Commission
, the limits of a new Euro-7 emission standards should be established on the basis of.
Nothing has been decided, but the study puts the decision-makers in the Commission sometimes
much stricter rules
obvious
than in the Euro 6 emissions standard
apply.
“The Commission wants to stipulate that in future a vehicle must remain virtually emission-free in every driving situation - be it with a trailer on a mountain or in slow city traffic.
That is technically impossible and everyone knows that, ”criticized Müller.
The planned tightening would mean a
ban on cars with combustion engines
.
“Instead of a ban, we need innovations and investments in e-fuels and fuel cells.
The problem is not the combustion engine, but the fuel. "
Auto industry in Germany worried: the head of the association issues a warning before the “auto summit”
The EU is focusing on
electromobility
.
"So far, however, there has been a lack of sufficient charging infrastructure for the new e-cars - across Europe," warned Müller.
On Tuesday (November 17th) another
“car summit”
between the federal government, the federal states, industry representatives and trade unions will deal with alternative drives, among other things.
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(
dpa / fn
)
