Car bosses say that EU will delay the outlawing of new sales by five years, meaning the ban on the Continent would come a decade after the UK
  • copacetic ( copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de ) English
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    10 months ago

    It this point I’m not sure what will happen. They might announce something which actually changes nothing (there never was a ban after all) or could throw the automotive industry into an even greater chaos than they already are.

    • Melchior ( Melchior@feddit.org ) English
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      10 months ago

      I would not be surprised, if this was just meant to get subsidies for EVs. The none Chinese competition outside the EU is mostly pretty weak. Hyundai is doing well, but the Japanese do not have good EVs and the Americans only Tesla. In China the EV market is a blood bath. The companies surviving that will be strong, but who cares if the competition is called BYD or Toyota.

      Oh and most of the chaos is getting rid of combustion engine related stuff. It seems stupid to me to close those factories now, when you expect the market to be open until 2040.

    • A_norny_mousse ( A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ) English
      3·
      10 months ago

      Senior industry leaders have confirmed that Brussels will revise its 2035 ban on the sale of cars powered by internal combustion engines, although the timing of the announcement is yet to be confirmed.

      “I have it on good authority that the EU is going to add five years on to the current 2035 to make the date 2040, Which would mean that from January 1, 2040, all new vehicles would need to be pure electric,” said Tim Tozer, UK chairman of the insurer and roadside-assistance firm Allianz Partners, and former country head of Vauxhall, Mazda and Mitsubishi.

      So the only thing that is confirmed is that there will be a revision.

      The rest is “senior industry leaders” spreading rumor that suits them.

      That said, the scenario unfortunately isn’t unrealistic with Germany going the way it’s going right now, and the EU-wide ongoing USA bootlicking.

    • kossa ( kossa@feddit.org ) English
      1·
      10 months ago

      That’s the worst part about our corrupt politicians: they are crazy cheap.

      Like, come on, if you’re already selling our future for your personal gain, make it expensive. Show me that that future was worth something.

      They take some crumbs, still cannot go pissing with the billionaires who pay them off.