Lawmakers in the European Union voted Tuesday to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and vans by 2035, effectively requiring all new cars be electric in Europe in 12 years.
While some lawmakers argued the ban would pose a threat to the European auto industry, a majority saw the move as a way to get ahead of the inevitable transition to electric vehicles and said it would ultimately benefit the continent’s manufacturing industries.
The 27-nation bloc's move is the biggest step yet towards eliminating emissions of climate change-causing greenhouse gases from transportation, a sector that accounts for. Cars are the biggest source of transportation emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. The EU had previously set a requirement that new cars have 55% lower carbon emissions than in 2021, and new vans have to cut their emissions in half by 2030.
Theoretically, the new law won’t require only electric vehicles, as a zero-emissions fuel such as green hydrogen — hydrogen made by splitting water using cleanly generated electricity — would also qualify. "Banning new oil-burning cars is the right thing to do, but a 2035 phase-out is much too late to limit global heating to 1.5°C and keeps us locked into oil dependency that bankrolls wars and hurts peoples' pockets at the pump," Greenpeace EU transport campaigner Lorelei LimousinThe auto industry in Europe and the United States is increasingly supportive of phasing out internal combustion engines.
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