The European Union is considering easing its plans to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035, Automotive News Europe reports.<\/p>\n
Under a political agreement between the main groups in the European Parliament, automakers could be allowed to reduce CO\u2082 emissions from new cars by 87.5%, instead of the previously planned 100%. This approach would allow the production of vehicles with conventional engines and plug-in hybrids to continue beyond 2035.<\/p>\n
The proposal has been supported by representatives of the European People\u2019s Party, the Socialists and Democrats, and the liberal Renew group. Under the proposed mechanism, automakers would be able to offset some of their emissions by using low-carbon steel in vehicle production. This approach aligns with proposals from France and Germany, which have advocated setting the emissions reduction target at 90%.<\/p>\n
The final regulatory terms could still change, as the agreement must go through further legislative procedures. A vote in the European Parliament is scheduled for late November 2026, followed by negotiations between EU member states.<\/p>\n
Manfred Weber, leader of the European People\u2019s Party group, described the agreement as an important step towards preserving jobs in Europe\u2019s automotive industry. Manufacturers and trade unions fear that a rapid transition to electric vehicles could lead to job losses, as electric motor and battery production requires different manufacturing processes and generally fewer components than the production of conventional powertrains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":152360,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-152359","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/152359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=152359"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=152359"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=152359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}