Germany

• Reuters

• Published On Sep 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM IST

The European Union has set a target of 100 per cent reduction of CO2 emissions for new cars and vans by 2035, which has been taken to mean the end of ICE for new vehicles.

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New Delhi: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is working to persuade other European Union leaders that the bloc should lift its ban on the production of CO2-emitting vehicles from 2035, he said on Friday. “I’m advocating that we leave it to the car industry and its supplier industry to show the technological path that will lead us to CO2 neutrality by 2035/2045,” he said at a summit.

The European Union has set a target of 100 per cent reduction of CO2 emissions for new cars and vans by 2035, which has been taken to mean the end of the internal combustion engine for new vehicles.