From 2035, no new cars in the EU should be driven by a combustion engine.
According to a survey, the majority of Germans reject this.
Cologne - A large majority of citizens in Germany reject the end of the internal combustion engine in 2035.
That was the
Germany trend
for the
ARD morning magazine
.
A good two-thirds (67 percent) spoke out against the end of combustion engines in new cars in twelve years.
One in four (25 percent), on the other hand, is in favor of phasing out combustion engines.
The greatest approval for the end of the traditional car engine is still among younger voters up to the age of 34 (33 percent) and people with higher educational qualifications (34 percent), but according to the information there was no majority for the combustion engine-off here either.
Green supporters welcome EU plans to phase out combustion engines
Only among supporters of the Greens did the corresponding plan of the EU meet with majority approval (69 percent).
Voters from the other parties represented in the Bundestag strongly disapprove of the move.
In mid-February, the EU Parliament voted to end the combustion engine once and for all.
Accordingly, in twelve years in Europe no new cars and vans may be registered that still emit carbon dioxide.
In an interim step, the CO2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and light commercial vehicles are to be reduced by around half by 2030.
FDP relies on e-fuels
The final decision to phase out combustion engines at government level was actually expected for early March.
But Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) had vetoed it.
The FDP is committed to ensuring that cars with petrol or diesel engines can still be registered after 2035 if they fill up with synthetic fuels, so-called e-fuels.