After European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen returned to the issue of combustion engines on Wednesday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) has now spoken out. And he sticks to his position, even though it has brought him a lot of criticism in the past…
“I have always said that phasing out combustion engines is the wrong approach. I received a lot of criticism for this, but I stand by it and have therefore included it in my Austria plan,” Nehammer said in a statement.
“Against a ban on green combustion engines”
We need openness to technology and not bans. “I am pleased that this opinion is now becoming increasingly widespread in Europe and I will continue to speak out clearly and consistently against a ban on green combustion engines,” Nehammer said.
The EU now wants choice for consumers
According to the President of the European Commission, the aim is to ensure openness to technologies and choice for consumers. The industry must also be able to choose where it wants to invest and what it sees as the mobility of the future.
In 2022, the EU agreed that from 2035 no new cars running on petrol or diesel may be registered. The agreement already stated that a review would take place in 2026. In the German federal government, the FDP in particular had pushed for cars that run exclusively on climate-friendly e-fuels to be exempt from the so-called ban on combustion engines. How this should be done in detail has not yet been definitively clarified.
Source: Krone
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