European Parliament has voted to approve a deal banning new internal-combustion engined cars and light commercial vehicles from 2035.
The deal, which sets an intermediate target of a 55% reduction in CO2 emissions for cars (compared with 2021 levels) and 50% for vans by 2030, received 340 votes for, 279 against and 21 abstentions.
Small-volume manufacturers – producing 1000 to 10,000 new cars or 1000 to 22,000 new vans per year – may be given an exemption from the rules until the end of 2035. Those registering fewer than 1000 new vehicles annually will continue to be exempt thereafter.
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