Stop petrol cars from 2035, EU towards revoking the provision: the indiscretion

Whether it will be a real U-turn we will know, in all likelihood, in the next few days (but also the date of Tuesday 16 December 2025 seems increasingly at risk), on the occasion of the announcement by the European Commissionof the new package of measures for the future ofautomotive in the Old Continent. But a preview of what could be, in this sense, has already come from the interview given to Bild from Manfred Weberleader of the European People’s Party, who has excluding the stop on the sale of cars equipped with an internal combustion engine starting from 2035 and any possible extension (in recent days there has been talk of a shift to 2040) of the same provision. “For new vehicle registrations from 2035 onwards, a 90 percent reduction in CO2 emissions will be mandatory for car manufacturers’ fleet targets, instead of the previous 100 percent,” he said. “In addition, there will no longer be a 100 percent target from 2040. This means that the technological ban on internal combustion engines is excluded. All engines currently built in Germany can therefore continue to be produced and sold.”