Published: January 19th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

The end of combustion engines for city buses will not come until 2035. Manufacturers must reduce CO2 emissions from new city buses by 90 percent by 2030. This is provided for in the political agreement between the Council and the European Parliament. The Parliament’s chief negotiator, Bas Eickhout, had wanted to enforce a ban on combustion engines in city buses as early as 2030.