Is there a longer future for the combustion engine?
From 2035, only new cars that are emission-free may be sold in the European Union, which means that from that year onwards there will no longer be new cars for sale in the EU with a traditional combustion engine. A Porsche executive wouldn’t be surprised if that ban were postponed.
From 2035, cars that are not emission-free will no longer be sold in the European Union. This does not yet mean that the sale of cars with a combustion engine has been completely stopped in the EU. For example, manufacturers that build a maximum of 1,000 cars per year – such as brands such as Koenigsegg and Donkervoort – may continue to sell cars with a fuel engine after 2035. In theory, cars with an ’emission-free’ combustion engine may also be sold by manufacturers that sell more than 1,000 cars per year, provided they run on ‘climate-neutral’ fuel, although there are some snags. A senior Porsche official tells Automotive News that he believes the EU ban on zero-emission cars will be postponed.
Lutz Meschke – Porsche’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) – tells Automotive News that there is “[…] There are currently many discussions going on about the end of the combustion engine.” “I think it can be postponed,” said the CFO, partly because the growth of EV sales in Europe appears to be slowing down. In the United Kingdom it was sales ban on non-emission cars has already been postponed from 2030 to 2035 and negative voices were also heard from Germany – the largest car market in Europe – about the sales ban.
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