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Will the end of combustion engines in the EU be put to the test?
A media report suggests this.
New rules on CO₂ balances are the basis.
Brussels - The decision-making process took a long time, Germany, in the person of Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP), resisted it for a long time - in vain: In March 2023, the European Union (EU) decided to phase out cars with internal combustion engines from 2035.
With the exception enforced by Wissing for climate-neutral synthetic fuels, so-called e-fuels, the EU focused primarily on e-cars.
A legislative initiative by the European Commission could now soften this clear direction.
This is a proposal for the uniform recording of greenhouse gas emissions.
On Monday, March 4th, the European Parliament's Environment and Transport Committees approved the proposal.
Now the initiative goes to the entire plenary session.
The Austrian tabloid
Krone
first reported it.
New EU initiative on CO₂ balance could have consequences for combustion engines
With the proposal, the emissions generated to produce the electricity required would also be taken into account in the greenhouse gas balance of e-cars.
According to Focus,
electric cars have so far had
a balance of zero grams of CO₂.
This is set to change with the new EU amendments.
The
Kronen-Zeitung
also published an alleged reference data sheet according to which electric cars perform relatively poorly.
Soon there will be a green light for other cars again: new greenhouse gas rules could ensure more openness to technology in the EU.
(Symbolic photo) © Jan Woitas/dpa
It is still completely unclear whether the new rules actually mean a change away from the end of combustion engines in the EU.
There is nothing about this in the proposal for the regulation.
According to the Kronen-Zeitung,
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) named
openness to technology as a goal.
“This is to ensure that there is openness to technologies and choices.”
However, the EU wants to take stock as early as 2026 and check what contribution electric vehicles have already made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector.
Conservative politician sees planned EU rules on greenhouse gases as a success
The conservative politician Barbara Thaler (ÖVP), who is also co-rapporteur for the procedure in the EU Parliament, sees the initiative as a success.
Austria, under the leadership of the ÖVP, also opposed the ban on combustion engines.
“We are getting a little closer to the truth,” Thaler told the tabloid
Krone
.
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However, the production and recycling of each vehicle is still missing from the balance sheet, complains the Austrian conservative.
E-cars that are produced outside the EU would therefore have an unfair advantage.
“Europe must stop constantly putting itself at a regulatory disadvantage.”