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Europe Today

Seven countries ask EU executive to revoke 2035 diesel and petrol ban

Pressure from EU countries, lawmakers and the automotive industry is likely pushing the European Commission to delay the revision of the bloc's ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035.

08/12/2025

👁 FILE: A car exhaust is seen in the Corneliusstrasse in Duesseldorf, 29 March 2005

Europe News

France and Spain back 2035 diesel and petrol car ban, letter reveals

In a letter sent to EU leaders, Paris and Madrid state that the target must be kept, but ask for "made in Europe" incentives to help the struggling automotive industry.

23/10/2025

👁 Norway has already achieved price parity between electric vehicles (EVs) and petrol and diesel cars.

Mobility

When will EVs and petrol cars cost the same to buy and run?

As our new series The Switch continues, we look at how EVs may be cheaper to run but more expensive to buy, and ask if this is likely to change in the future.

27/10/2024

👁 When buying an electric car at a dealership, these are the things you should be aware of.

Mobility

Thinking of buying an EV? This is what you need to bear in mind

In the first part of our new series, The Switch, we look at what you need to consider about buying an electric car before you start browsing vehicles.

18/10/2024

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Earth News

MEPs urged to not backtrack on 2035 petrol car ban

Industry reaction follows intention from major political group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party, to revise rules on carbon dioxide standards for cars and vans from 2035.

04/07/2024

👁 Host Méabh Mc Mahon with Lars Patrick Berg, Fabian Zuleeg and Maria João Rodrigues

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Furious farmers bring Germany to a standstill

In this edition, we look at the root causes of farmers' fury in Germany and break down the recently agreed EU fiscal rules reform.

12/01/2024

👁 Milan is one of Europe’s most polluted cities.

Earth News

Milan plans to ban cars from city centre by mid 2024

Levels of pollutants in Milan's air are almost four times the safe amount.

23/10/2023

👁 The UK PM is ‘undermining’ emissions-cutting progress, Ford says.

Earth News

UK PM delays petrol car ban to 2035 in major green policy shift

Green groups say the PM is ‘taking the public for fools’ by rowing back on home insulation and petrol car pledges at a critical time.

20/09/2023

👁 The deal struck between Brussels and Berlin carves out an exemption to vehicles that run exclusively on e-fuels.

Europe News

Italy and Poland oppose e-fuels deal struck by Brussels and Berlin

The regulation on CO2 standards will be put to a final vote on Tuesday during a meeting of energy ministers.

27/03/2023

👁 A traffic jam near Frankfurt, Germany.

Earth News

These countries are pushing back on the EU's petrol and diesel car ban

An alliance of countries is looking to water down new legislation over worries it could harm consumers and the European car industry.

22/03/2023

👁 Flags with the Mercedes star logo are seen in front of the Mercedes-Benz customer center in Sindelfingen, southwestern Germany.

Europe News

Dieselgate: Vehicle owners with illegal defeat devices due damages

The ruling by the European Court of Justice is another blow to the German car industry, which has been mired by the Dieselgate scandal for years now.

21/03/2023

👁 Tesla's Model 3.

Mobility

6 of the best value for money EVs to make the switch to electric

The price of electric cars is often cited as the biggest factor in putting people off buying an EV. We pick the most affordable to make the switch.

04/03/2023

👁 Right now, electric cars are considerably more expensive to buy but cheaper to run.

Mobility

Will electric cars ever cost the same as a petrol or diesel car?

Electric cars may be cheaper to run - especially given current events - but they're more expensive to buy. Is this likely to change in the future?

06/02/2023

👁 A luxury Audi car is surrounded by exhaust gases as it is parked with a running engine in front of the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 20, 2019.

Europe News

EU to phase out new combustion engine cars by 2035

The deal represents the first made under the EU's flagship Fit for 55 package to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. But Greenpeace EU lambasted the 2035 deadline as too late and said that it falls short of the bloc's climate commitment.

28/10/2022

👁 Mixing used cooking oil with regular diesel can reduce emissions by up to 90 per cent

Earth News

France passes new bill allowing recycled cooking to be used as fuel

France’s new bill will allow citizens to power their diesel vehicles with recycled cooking oil.

26/07/2022

👁 Cars driving in Berlin, Germany.

Earth News

Germany refuses to agree to EU ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035

In its bid to cut planet-warming emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 from 1990 levels, the European Commission has proposed a 100 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars by 2035.

22/06/2022