European Union Parliament Confirms That All Fossil Fuel Cars And Trucks Will Be Banned By 2035

The EU Parliament has officially approved a new law that effectively bans the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and light commercial vehicles from 2035, wherefore creating a de-facto mandate to auto manufacturers to cease from producing these types of vehicles, and go all-in electric and other alternative energy sources.

The legislation passed with 340 yeas against 279 nays, with 21 ‘no votes/abstentions.’

The law requires that manufacturers must achieve 100% CO2 emission-free sold from new cars by 2035. ‘It sets an intermediate target of a 55% reduction in CO2 emissions for cars compared with 2021 levels and a 50% reduction for vans by 2030,’ according to Autocar.

Autocar added: ‘Low-volume manufacturers – those 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.’

By 2025 the European Commission will provide procedures for gauging and reporting the lifespan of CO2 emissions of new cars and vans. Each two years thereafter a report will be published to judge the EU’s progress towards zero-emissions road mobility. By December 2026 they will examine the void between the legally determined emissions caps and real-world fuel and energy consumption stats, and then will formulate new procedures for adjusting manufacturers’ specific CO2 emissions.

‘Existing incentives for manufacturers selling more zero- and low-emissions vehicles (0-50g/km of CO2) will be adapted in line with sales trends, said the EU Parliament in a statement. These are expected to fall as uptake of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles increases,’ Autocar also noted.

This regulation encourages the production of zero- and low-emission vehicles. It contains an ambitious revision of the targets for 2030 and a zero-emission target for 2035, which is crucial to reach climate-neutrality by 2050.

These targets create clarity for the car industry and stimulate innovation and investments for car manufacturers.

Purchasing and driving zero-emission cars will become cheaper for consumers and a second-hand market will emerge more quickly. It makes sustainable driving accessible to everyone.

Jan Huitema, the EU Parliament’s lead negotiator for the law, said in a statement

Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the EU, added:

Let me remind you that between last year and the end of this year China will bring 80 models of electric cars to the international market,” warned Frans Timmermans, vice-president of the EU.

These are good cars. These are cars that will be more and more affordable, and we need to compete with that. We don’t want to give up this essential industry to outsiders.

He said, according to Complete Car

Speaking in Strasbourg where the vote took place, Irish Green Party MEP, Grace O’Sullivan championed the move.

Today we set out a new vision for our towns and rural areas. A Europe built for people, not for traffic.

It’s also one of the only areas where we already hold all of the keys to solve the issue at hand – strong investment in public transport, pedestrian friendly towns and affordable electric vehicles. Rural Ireland in particular should be supported as a priority.

The current cost of living crisis has seen fossil fuel companies make the biggest profits in history on the backs of working families. We need to move towards energy independence in Ireland, including cutting our dependence on foreign oil, gas, petrol and diesel.

She said

Furthermore, cited by AFP, Karima Delli, chair of the transport committee, said: “Today’s vote is a historic vote for the ecological transition,” and “it is a victory for our planet and our populations”

This bill will officially be codified into law later this March by the Council of the European Union.

Meanwhile the United Kingdom, though they are not part of the EU, have been making similar moves to wrangle in emissions. In 2021 The WinePress reported that governors and transportation officials in the country have floated out the possibility that they could prohibit the private ownership of vehicles – which is an underlying goal the World Economic Forum has flaunted by the year 2030.

Not long thereafter the mayor of London has also sought to implement a “pay-per-mile” tax to force people to travel less to cutback on emissions.

Last year in the United States California passed an identical bill to that of the one the EU just passed, which also prohibits the sale of gas and diesel vehicles by 2035. However, other states followed in lockstep because they had agreed to do what California does years prior as concerning emissions.

Therefore, just like now in the EU, car manufacturers are basically already making the transition to do fully-electric year-over-year. Thus, most Western auto manufacturers and traders will already be going fully electric within the next several years completely.

However, there is a bit of a problem. In December of last year Switzerland has actually considered temporarily banning the use of electric cars because the grid was being overworked and the nation was fearful that they would have to cut costs somewhere. “The private use of electric cars is only permitted for mandatory journeys (i.e. Professional practice, shopping, visits to the doctor, attending religious events, taking court appointments),” the drafted bill read.

SEE: The United Nations Says Used Cars Need To Be Scrapped To Stop Emissions By 2030 & 2050

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 20:5

I have said it many times before and I will say it again: the goal is NOT to go electric; the REAL goal is to destabilize the current framework by pricing out the consumer, destroy the grid, and ultimately prohibit private ownership.

One week after California passed their monumental auto emissions bill, the state then passed a bill that would give Californians a $1,000 check for NOT owning any car, including electric! That reveals that real goal.

Have you not heard – “You’ll own nothing and be happy!,” they say.

Electric cars are already more expensive right now, and will continue to rise due to inflation, supply chain rifts, and the bills to charge them are enormous, and their “miles per gallon” are clearly less than a gas car. But this is on purpose. Once less newer gas cars appear on the lot consumers will be bottlenecked and forced to go even deeper into debt, or own no car.

The WEF wrote in an essay:

Welcome to the year 2030. Welcome to my city – or should I say, “our city”. I don’t own anything. I don’t own a car. I don’t own a house. I don’t own any appliances or any clothes.

It might seem odd to you, but it makes perfect sense for us in this city. Everything you considered a product, has now become a service. We have access to transportation, accommodation, food and all the things we need in our daily lives. One by one all these things became free, so it ended up not making sense for us to own much.

First communication became digitized and free to everyone. Then, when clean energy became free, things started to move quickly. Transportation dropped dramatically in price. It made no sense for us to own cars anymore, because we could call a driverless vehicle or a flying car for longer journeys within minutes. We started transporting ourselves in a much more organized and coordinated way when public transport became easier, quicker and more convenient than the car. Now I can hardly believe that we accepted congestion and traffic jams, not to mention the air pollution from combustion engines. What were we thinking?

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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