The agreement is viewed as a vital step in the transition to EVs across the trade bloc.
. For phase one, the Council has agreed to raise the target for reducing CO2 emissions for new vehicles by 2030 to 55 percent for cars and 50 percent for vans. Phase two will see the target increased to 100 percent for both cars and vans. And how do you achieve a 100 percent reduction in emissions? By banning the sale of any new vehicle with either a gas- or diesel-powered engine, of course.
Although the Council has now signed off on the agreement, it has not received unanimous support throughout the bloc. On Tuesday, it was revealed that five EU countries—Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania—wanted to delay the ban by five years to 2040,.
. While the new-car ban has now been agreed to, there are still negotiations to take place before it becomes a law. We’ll see how much it ends up changing in that time.
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