Combustion engine phase-out decided, but • Table.Briefings

On Tuesday, the German government broke its deadlock and agreed to tighter carbon fleet targets in the EU Council of Ministers. This means that from 2035, new cars can only be registered if they are operated with zero emissions.

Passenger cars and light commercial vehicles must be carbon-neutral from 2035. Whether cars that can be fueled exclusively with e-fuels will also count as such has been the subject of heated debate over the past four weeks, particularly at the insistence of German Transport Minister Volker Wissing. The German government was only able to approve the new rules on Tuesday after the Commission explained over the weekend how it intends to allow such „e-fuels only“ vehicles to be registered even after 2035.

Combustion engine phase-out decided, but doubts remain

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