The automobile presses Brussels to review the ban on combustion cars in 2035: “It is not viable, we have to recalibrate”

The employers’ association that represents the sector in Europe, ACEA, has sent a letter to the Commission on the eve of the September meeting in which the situation and the measures needed by the engine will be discussed

The automobile has begun to heat up what will be the meeting on September 12 between the employers’ association that represents the sector in the Old Continent, ACEA, and the European Commission. On that day, the so-called Strategic Dialogue on the future of the automotive industry will take place, which will address the current situation of the engine and the measures to be taken to stimulate an industry that is going through bad times: a fierce race with China in the field of electric vehicles where Europe has fallen far behind; the new tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s administration and the slow adoption of electric vehicles in Europe make for a complicated environment. In March, the sector scored a victory by getting Europe to relax the new CAFE emissions standard that came into force this year, which saw the average emissions from new registrations go from 115.1 grams of CO₂ to 93.6. This forced the sector to sell many more electric vehicles in order to lower the average emissions of its deliveries, but the European Commission allowed the engine to have the emissions of 2025, 2026 and 2027 counted together, thus taking pressure off it in the short term. Now, the automobile is going for the big game piece: the ban on the sale of combustion vehicles in 2035.

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