For the first time, the European Union is considering delaying the end of diesel and gasoline cars, so the initial date of 2035 could be delayed.
Only a few weeks ago the ban on the sale of internal combustion engine cars in Europe from 2035 became official. However, the European Union is now considering delaying the end of diesel and gasoline cars beyond that date due to the avalanche of problems that it entails.
The first to set off the alarms in the European Union has been the Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, who explained in an interview with Politico that there is a possibility that 2035 will not be the final date to ban the sale of new cars with diesel and gasoline engines, as well as hybrids and gas.
For the first time, the European Union is considering delaying the end of diesel and gasoline cars
The measure approved by the Council of the European Union includes a revision clause in the year 2026, a clause that, for the French commissioner, a supporter of the measure approved by the European Union, it is important that it be addressed with sufficient time. “We must approach this review date in 2026 without taboos,” said Breton.
The commissioner recalls that this regulation that prohibits new cars with engines powered by fossil fuels will lead to the destruction of 600,000 jobs both in car manufacturers and in “an entire ecosystem and the production of electricity”.
Breton also referred to the need to increase the production of some raw materials in the European Union: “We will need 15 times more lithium by 2030, four times more cobalt, four times more granite and three times more nickel.”
The French commissioner has not forgotten that in order to meet the objective of prohibiting the sale of combustion cars and only allowing the sale of cars powered by electricity, it will be necessary to have an infrastructure of 7 million charging stations.
Currently, there are only 350,000 public charging points in Europe, of which 70% are concentrated in three countries: France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Finally, the commissioner has made mention of the emissions of electric cars: “There are additional and important emissions that are very harmful to health. Even after 2035, when we don’t sell combustion, there will be emissions.”
“Electric cars are around 40% heavier than traditional ones, due to the batteries, so they emit many more particles from the brakes and tires than combustion cars,” Breton specified.
