The European Commission and Germany announced on Saturday that they have reached an agreement to unblock a key text of the EU climate plan on CO2 emissions from cars, by relaxing the ban on combustion engines after 2035.
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We have reached an agreement with Germany on the future use of synthetic fuels in cars
,” European Environment Commissioner Frans Timmermans announced on Twitter.
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Vehicles equipped with a combustion engine can be registered after 2035 if they only use neutral fuels in terms of CO2 emissions
,” said German Transport Minister Volker Wissing.