VW, Mercedes back “achievable” EU combustion engine ban and zero-carbon targets
By Jason Dunn2022-06-13T16:07:00
The EU has plans to completely decarbonise by 2050. Part of this effort involves completely removing ICE vehicles from European roads by 2035.
Two large prominent German carmakers have issued support to the European Union’s plan to phase out internal combustion engines and replace them with electric vehicles.
Volkswagen called the scheme an “ambitious but achievable goal” and said the industry’s electromobility change was “irreversible.”
“It is the only ecologically, technologically and economically sensible way to replace combustion engines as quickly as possible,” the automaker said.