Request for exemption from ICE car phase-out would displace up to 46m electric cars, says campaign group
A shock German push to break an agreed EU-wide phase-out of conventional cars by 2035 could displace up to 46m electric car sales and trigger the burning of 135bn more litres of fossil petrol than needed, according to a study.
EU leaders and MEPs had agreed a phase-out of internal combustion engines by 2035 but earlier this month, Germany’s transport ministry, led by the liberal FDP party, lodged an objection just days before a rubber-stamping vote. Berlin now wants an added loophole, championed by the oil and auto industries, to allow the continued production after 2035 of ICE cars that can run on synthetic petrol and diesel – also known as e-fuels – created from hydrogen and CO
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