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Transport: Habeck now also calls for earlier revision of fleet limits

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Published: September 24th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck

Surprising turnaround: At the so-called car summit (Autogipfel), a video conference with representatives of the automotive industry, Robert Habeck agreed with their demand on Monday afternoon to review the EU fleet limits as early as 2025 – one year earlier than currently planned. However, this does not mean „that we will automatically lower the targets as a result“, said the Minister for Economic Affairs. The goal of only allowing zero-emission new cars from 2035 must be maintained, as this is the prerequisite for the transport sector to be climate-neutral in 2050. However, the path to 2035 could be looked at again in order to react to the „changed reality“, said Habeck.

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