BMW requires postponing the deadline for the prohibition of thermal vehicles in the European Union. “The manufacturers are expected to all reach around 2050” as a deadline of 2035 as set by the European Commission, Walter Mertel, financial director of the German car manufacturer’s manufacturer for Premium automobile manufacturer, AFP told AFP a few days before the opening of the Munich International Automobile Fair (South).
The manager is pleaded with the batteries, which come mainly from Asia, are taken into account in a complete carbon evaluation of vehicles and for flexible sales objectives of electrical models.
“We should go to a permanent reduction in CO2 emissions and consider the complete CO2 consumption linked to car production,” instead of “limiting ourselves to electric vehicle technology,” he added.
For Stefan Bratzel, an expert in the automotive sector, BMW’s desire to repel this goal is understandable but problematic. The 100% sales rule of electrical models “has aroused a lot of resistance among the population,” he said. But returning to the regulations instead “would send a bad signal to the public, which suggests that electrical mobility is not necessary.”
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The Tour to All-Electric in 2035, emblem of the ambitious measures of the European Green Pact (Deal Verde), was acted by the European Commission in March 2023 despite the German reticence.
However, this objective has been challenged for several months, by manufacturers, faced with sales of electrical models, climbing Chinese competition and falling in world gains.
Under industry pressure, the European Commission has already softened last March the objectives of reducing CO2 emissions in the medium term. Last week, Ola Källenius, head of Mercedes-Benz and president of the Association of European Manufacturers (ACEA), described the objective of 2035 “unattainable”, in a letter from the lobby to the European Commission.
Source: BFM TV
