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Brussels plans to scrap the EU’s 2035 combustion engine ban, allowing carmakers to continue making a limited number of petrol and diesel-fuelled cars after the ban was meant to come into effect.
The original ban was due to force carmakers to cut their production of all combustion engine vehicles to zero by 2035.
But under a revision of the law to be proposed by the European Commission on Tuesday, European car manufacturers would be allowed 10 per cent of 2021 emissions levels as long as they meet certain conditions such as using green steel, according to two officials involved in the talks.
The conditions are still being discussed by policymakers, and any change would have to be endorsed by EU governments and the European parliament.
The EU’s combustion engine ban was seen as a totemic part of the bloc’s climate legislation but has been lobbied against by carmakers and governments including Germany and Italy.
The commission was due to review the rules next year but brought forward the review under pressure from the industry.
The commission declined to comment on the talks.
This is a developing story
