Traffic
Cars with petrol or diesel engines are on the verge of being phased out: from 2035 they will no longer be allowed to be newly registered. That was decided this week in the EU Parliament. However, this decision comes much too late, says Christian Gratzer from the Austrian Traffic Club.
Other countries had already planned the same for a much earlier period: “Norway has already set the goal for 2025 that no new cars with combustion engines should come onto the market from then on,” Gratzer points out.
EU is “too late” with decision
The big goal is that global warming does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius. Whether this succeeds depends in particular on greenhouse gas emissions from traffic. The bottom line is that the EU decision is of little use to the climate, says Gratzer, who is committed to an ecologically compatible transport system.
Many car manufacturers would already think ahead: “There are also numerous car manufacturers who have already decided to phase out earlier,” emphasizes Gratzer. “The EU is basically too late here with the year 2035,” he criticizes.
Arbö: EU is driving automakers into a dead end
The Arbö motorists’ club sees another problem in the EU’s decision: it will drive the automotive industry into a dead end. “Europe is giving up a key industry,” criticizes Gerald Kumnig. In this way, other countries are given the opportunity to make internal combustion engines more ecological and cleaner.
In principle, measures are in favor of making traffic cleaner in all areas: “However, the industry should look for the solutions and not the political bodies,” says a broadcast by Arbö.
