Germany threatens to hold up EU’s combustion-engine car ban
Associated PressBERLIN — Germany’s transport minister said Tuesday that his country won’t back a planned European Union ban on the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035, after failing to get assurances from the bloc’s executive for an exemption on synthetic fuels. The plan, which is part of the bloc’s effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, effectively means that the sale of new cars which burn hydrocarbon-based fuels such as petroleum would be banned. Germany’s main opposition party, the center-right Union bloc, also opposed an EU-wide ban on combustion engine vehicles, warning that it would harm the country’s prized auto industry. “This inefficient and expensive fuel won’t play a role for cars, especially not new cars in 2035,” he said, adding that it would be better for the German auto industry to invest in electric vehicles.
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