Germany Wants Petrol And Diesel Car Sales Banned Across The EU By 2030
Senior German politicians are calling for a total ban on internal combustion engines from 2030 – and, not content with deciding their own affairs, they also want it to apply across the European Union.
The Bundesrat, or federal council, is asking the EU not just to consider its proposals to outlaw petrol and diesel cars, but to implement them right across the continent whether the French, Italians, Spanish and so on like it or not. Ouch.
This isn’t legally binding – the Bundesrat can’t force a law through. But sections of Germany’s population have reportedly been so ashamed by the actions taken by their native car makers in the dieselgate emissions scandal that they are willing to back the move.
It wouldn’t ban existing cars from the roads, but new models would have to be powered by batteries or hydrogen unless they were sourced directly from outside the EU, which could, depending on how negotiations go, open up business opportunities for the UK after it leaves the bloc.
And it doesn’t stop there. The federal council has also asked the EU to review its taxation policies in order to push more people to drive electric vehicles. No specific strategies are mentioned, but removing tax breaks for diesel vehicles could be on the table – a move manufacturers fear would end diesels altogether.
Although Norway has previously targeted a similar ban by 2025, the company’s taxation structure, plus investment in charging infrastructure, means that electric cars are already extremely commonplace there. That the Germans are calling for it too is a major event.
There is no apparent consideration for how all the electricity and hydrogen will be produced, and since nuclear power stations take an incredibly long time to plan, build and commission safely, we reckon that’s a bit of a problem. After all, cranking up the output from existing coal-fired power plants is likely to create more emissions than simply leaving cars as they are.
Let us know what you make of this latest piece of anti-car sentiment in the comments
Source: Engadget
Comments
Noooooooo
I have that feeling that one day a mob of angry BMW M3 drivers with Outdoor Reflective Sunglasses will take over the governments and ban electric cars (except the i8 and i3, because BMW) and indicators.
Ban any car that has an indicator
The EU: politically correct, and run by environmentalists
Deutschland: Y U DO DIS?!?!?
Cars ain’t the problem, supertankers and planes are #savepetrolcars
Ironically, jet engines and giant 2 stroke diesels aka supertanker engines are much more efficient than most cars.
If you have an engine that big, you want it to be as fuel efficient as the universe will allow. There’s a reason these machines cost millions.
NO MORE AMG?
Oh boy I am going to RIOT
Germany makes some of the best V8 cars in the world with America, and now they do this? Germany, Y U DO DIS?!
Because we actually kinda need our environment.
Go nuclear
Cold fusions.. Thorium reactors..
Germany can go f*ck itself
This is ridiculous. What these backwards bureaucrats seemingly can’t get their self-absorbed heads around is that the chemicals and processes needed to create the batteries for these cars (which only last 7 years tops and cost 20k plus to replace) are much more harmful to the environment than any petrol engine or oil extraction method. I wish I could swear on here.
Look it up. The lifecycle of an EV is greener than the lifecycle of a gas burner. Also, assuming you don’t buy a poorly-engineered EV battery like a Nissan Leaf, your battery will last you 300,000 miles with little loss (this is an actual figure from a first gen Chevy Volt).
However, you are correct that EV production is worse than gas burner production, but that’s it.
Well if everyone went in on the development of better batteries the many current battery types in development might get market ready in time. and then we´d have none of these problems. Evs could then be cheap AF to make and maintain and fast AF and just generally be awesome and recyclabeleeerrth