Combustion engine dispute: no agreement • Table.Briefings

Although the Commission has now proposed a solution as to how new internal combustion vehicles can still be registered after 2035 if they are fueled with e-fuels, the dispute continues. All sides claim to want to find a solution as soon as possible. But the clock is ticking because everything is supposed to be resolved until the EU summit starts on Thursday.

In the middle of last week, German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) called for a perspective for „e-fuels only“ vehicles in order to avert the complete end of internal combustion engines in 2035. A short time later, the Commission presented a corresponding draft for supplementary legislation. In the draft, which is available to Table.Media, the existing legislation on exhaust emission standards for passenger cars (Euro 5 and Euro 6) is taken up – as demanded by Wissing.

Combustion engine dispute: no agreement despite Commission proposal

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