A scheduled review of the 2035 EU ruling is underway, and automakers want the result to be allowing plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and internal-combustion cars running on biofuels and synthetic gasoline (e-fuel) made from hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide.
In an interview with Politico, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse called the 2035 ban “a big mistake,” and added, “I think we’re doing ourselves a disservice by choosing an almost arbitrary point in the future where we say all industries have to align themselves with it by then.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said she’s open to some form of technological neutrality, though a revised proposal won’t be available until December. Zipse said that PHEVs, battery EVs, hydrogen cars, diesel, and gasoline should all be allowed, and fit into a framework that calculates a vehicle’s total carbon emissions, rather than insisting on nothing coming out of the tailpipe.
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