No more new ICE cars allowed in the European Union from 2035

While member countries in the European Union have agreed to ban the sales of new ICE cars from 2035, the European Parliament also wants used ICE sales to be banned too. 

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This is big news for the future of mobility in Europe, as well as the rest of the world and a ruling that automakers will take seriously. It isn’t a major shock though considering most European based automakers and foreign brands that have a footprint in the continent have slowly been transitioning into more sustainable mobility with many intending to offer electric powered vehicles only by 2030. 

As of a ruling on the 29th of June in 2022, no more ICEs will be allowed to be sold from 2035 in the European Union. Ministers from the 27 countries within the union have agreed to sign the directive which will ban the sale of exclusively new ICE powered vehicles by the cutoff date. The meeting which took place in Luxembourg also intends on banning used ICE-powered vehicles although no ruling was determined to this end yet but we can expect this will be the case once further negotiations take place. 

With a statement reading: “The Council also agreed to introduce a 100% CO2 emissions reduction target by 2035 for new cars and vans,” there is hope that ICEs can actually live on as a grey area. ICEs have not explicitly been banned since CO2 friendly derivatives running on alternative fuels can technically fall within this category of emission reduction by the said date. 

The ramifications of this decision will expectedly filter into the car market in the rest of the world since many automakers won’t see the feasibility or viability of producing ICE powered cars that can’t be sold in one of their largest markets. For context, the EU is populated by just under half a billion inhabitants so this is a lucrative market for automakers to compete in. 

By 2030, automakers will need to ensure that new cars are 55% less polluting in a bid to become carbon neutral by 2050. If you don’t like electric powered mobility now is a good time to start since this decision for no more ICEs allowed in the EU signals the death of them in the coming decades.

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