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It is now a fact, new cars with heat engines will be banned from sale in 2035 throughout the European Union. The European Parliament has voted this total halt to the sale of new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars. But some brands will be able to continue to produce cars running on unleaded or diesel, under certain conditions.
Visibly proud of their automotive industry marked by big names like Ferrari, Lamborghini or even Maserati, some Italian MEPs have indeed proposed an amendment so that manufacturers – transalpine or not – can continue to offer traditional engines.
No ban if less than 1,000 registrations per year
Photo d’illustrationCredit Photo – Bugatti
Thanks to this text, those who register fewer than 1,000 new vehicles “during a calendar year” are not obliged to meet the “reduction requirements” for greenhouse gas emissions. And until 2036, manufacturers who register “between 1,000 and 10,000 passenger cars” per calendar year can request a derogation “from their specific emissions target”.
A reprieve until 2036 for some
Photo d’illustrationCredit Photo – Ferrari
In other words, this amendment should allow manufacturers of exceptional cars to continue to offer models with large engines. One thinks in particular of Bugatti in France, whose workshops rarely produce more than 100 vehicles per year. In Italy, manufacturers like Lamborghini or Ferrari produce too many vehicles to take advantage of the amendment, but should be able to take advantage of a reprieve ending on January 1, 2036.
At the time of writing, this regulation must now pass “before the Council of Ministers of the European Union” according to our colleagues from Franceinfo. Negotiations must also still take place between “MEPs and Member States” of the Union. The fate of the V6, V8, V10 and other V12s may therefore not yet be sealed.
In short
The end of the heat engine in the European Union is recorded. The European Parliament adopts a text which prohibits the sale of new cars with thermal engines from 2035. But some MEPs are proposing an amendment which would allow certain small manufacturers to continue the production and sale of exceptional cars which do not meet the objectives. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
