In 2022, the European Union finalized plans to effectively ban sales of new cars with combustion engines from 2035. However, those plans weren't so final after all since Germany and other EU members with big car industries pressured the legislators to relax the law and prolong the ICE's life by using synthetic fuels. That happened in 2023.
Now, BMW's CEO Oliver Zipse issues a warning. Even if sales of new cars running on eFuels are going to be permitted past the middle of the next decade, the outcome could be the same–a de facto ban on combustion-engined cars. That would have huge ramifications across the world since many of the major automotive players are based in Europe.
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