BMW has asked the European Commission reconsider its plan to ban all new petrol and diesel engines by 2035.
Oliver Zipse said that the European Union’s ban on the sale of zero-emission cars was a response to the “trend towards pessimism” among automakers and consumers.
Zipse stated: “An adjustment of the 100% battery-electric vehicle target for 2035, as part of an overall CO2-reduction program, would allow European manufacturers to rely less on China for batteries. To maintain the success of the course, it is important to follow a policy framework that is technology-agnostic.
Zipse’s intervention in the heated debate about whether or not countries and industries can achieve zero-emission car targets within a decade, is important. BMW was the first European manufacturer to develop and adopt battery electric cars.
BMW has joined a growing list of European manufacturers, led by Stellantis – the Vauxhall Peugeot Citroen Fiat group – who are warning regulators about the speed of decarbonisation. Manufacturers in Europe and the UK will face heavy fines next year if they do not produce enough zero-emission vehicles.
The European Commission (EC), in a statement, stated that the new CO2 emission standard adopted by Brussels was a “major step forward” for European climate policies. This legislation would provide the automotive industry the planning certainty it needed.
The law, which includes a 2026 review date, stipulated that all new cars, vans, and trucks registered in the EU by 2035 would have zero emissions, but older vehicles registered with internal combustion engines may remain on the roads. The EC has left the door wide open for the use of internal combustion engine, but only if these engines run on efuels or biofuels.
The manufacturers have sought to relax the EU rules so that plug-in hybrids – cars which run both on batteries and conventional fuel engines – can be sold longer. After a strong growth in the past decade, sales of zero-emission cars have stagnated in Europe. This is due to the decline in registrations of electric cars in Germany, Europe’s biggest automotive market.
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has called for a change after a drop of 8 percent in EU electric sales in the first eight month of the year, and a decline in market share below 13 percent. The statement read: “An ongoing trend of declining market shares for battery-electric cars in the EU is a very worrying signal to policy makers and industry.”
The European automakers therefore appeal to the EU institutions for urgent measures of relief before new CO2 standards for cars and vans are implemented in 2025.
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