The big question in the next election period is whether the EU will back down on the ban on combustion engines. The CDU and CSU are selling their demand as an election campaign hit. Calls for this from some member states are increasing in volume. There are also increasing signals from manufacturers to adapt the EU’s CO2 fleet legislation. The background to this is that sales of EVs are far below expectations and the ramp-up of the technology is still a long time coming.