The German government has agreed with the European Commission (EC) to phase out internal combustion engines in new cars, officials from both sides announced on Saturday.
The dispute between Berlin and Brussels regarding the gradual abandonment of internal combustion engines in cars was about whether manufacturers will be able to produce vehicles with so-called electric fuel in their engines after 2035.
“We have agreed with Germany on the future use of electric fuel in cars,” announced EC Vice President Frans Timmermans.
“We will now work to pass an auto CO2 regulation as soon as possible, and the commission will quickly take the necessary legal steps,” he wrote on Twitter.
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing, who supports the planned changes, informed that even after 2035, cars with an internal combustion engine can be registered for the first time if they use “only carbon neutral fuel”.
The vote of the countries of the European Union (EU) on the decision to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035 was postponed at the beginning of March, because Germany requested an exception for cars with engines powered by electric fuel, the production of which can use renewable energy resources and carbon extracted from the air, thus no additional emissions are created.
Germany’s parliamentary opposition opposes a ban on internal combustion engines in the EU, warning that it will harm the German automotive sector.
Critics of the idea also insist that electric cars are more suitable for passenger cars, but expensive synthetic fuel should only be used where other types of fuel are not possible, for example. in aviation.
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