German government officials have passed a resolution to ban the sale of petrol and diesel internal combustion engines in the European Union (EU) by 2030, Der Spiegel reports. After that time, only zero-emissions vehicles (electric or hydrogen fuel cell) are allowed to be sold in the market.
The resolution was passed in Germany’s Bundesrat, the nation’s federal council, but has no legislative effect yet. However, the Bundesrat wants the European Commission to enforce the ban across the European Union, and German regulations traditionally have shaped EU and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) regulations.
The council also wants the European Commission to “review the current practices of taxation and dues with regard to a stimulation of emission-free mobility.” This could likely mean providing more incentives to purchase zero-emissions vehicles, and ending the tax advantages for diesel cars in EU states.
The latter, along with diesel’s low price and higher mileage per litre, are the reasons most cars in Europe are powered by oil burners. However, with the rising costs and challenge in ensuring diesel engines meet tougher emission standards, the potential removal of tax breaks could spell the end of diesels in the EU.
Most car companies are now putting a strong emphasis on zero-emissions vehicles, with the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Renault rolling out concepts at the recent Paris Motor Show that feature electric propulsion.
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OMFG!! O&G industry will only cripple indefinitely from now on. No more heading upwards USD50/bbl. Damn u krauts!
u think O&G industry is oni bout petrol n diesel?
Lolz! He never heard about plastics before! Must have time traveled from 19th century era.
So many chemist here, time traveler too. I also dun understand.
You are acually half correct. But still, more power plants needed to produce electricity as result of this.
We got long way to go. Out Proton and Perodua both have not even gone to the Hybrid stage even, what more EV.
I think Proton will only do EV in 2083, despite showcasing their Iriz EV 3 years ago for drama purposes.
what will OPEC do?
The start of the end of nice exhaust sounds?
Wow. Less than 15 years to go? From current to zero emissions vehicle totally? I wonder if it’s even feasible
The Germans are really leading the way to reduce CO2 most of their electricity are from environmental friendly sources. I hope Malaysia will have a plan to follow suit. We have alternative source of energy now and we should pursuit it for our future generation.
Most people forget that while the vehicle will run on full electric, it still requires charging and that power is still generated mostly using gas, coal or diesel today. Therefore, there is still a large exhaust pipe with more CO2 emission unless we switch to renewable energies like solar, wind or geothermal to generate our electricity
It’s more of zero net change in terms of CO2 emission, however the bulk of the change is from the carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) that affects the tropospheric ozone or in short less petrol/diesel cars, less greenhouse effect.
PS. The cars doesn’t release CO2, it releases CO which reacts with oxygen(s) to become CO2 and O3(ozone). Yes it’s retarded, it plugs our Ozone hole that blocks harmful radiation from the sun while baking us inside…
PPS solar, wind and geothermal is incredibly inefficient, as in we need massive batteries to store energy to fill in the gap when the sun isn’t shining, the wind isn’t blowing and the thermal gas isn’t hot enough.
PPPS The only viable source of clean energy is a tokamak reactor. No, this is not the Fukushima or Chernobyl type of reactor. Those are fission reactors that goes BOOM, tokamak are fusion reactors that goes psss… hilang. Tokamak is clean, safe, efficient and is being build in France to be operational in 2019. (Check International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor www.iter.org) if you are interested in the technology then check JET (Joint European Torus) where they had been testing this tech since 1984.
Not forgetting the efficiency loss getting each kW of electricity to the socket outlets (transmission lines, substations, etc). We will end up releasing at least 140bhp worth of GHG to get 100bhp to cars.
1. The Mercedes shown above showed that the front design is very generique, not unique, and lost the elegance Mercedes is proud of.
2. When petroleum is getting less and less in this World, I still hope that internal combustion engines can be retained for high end vehicles, especially the high performance ones.
Very2 sad..
Some have commented that there’s still emissions from power plants using fossil fuels to power all these electric vehicles. This is true, however don’t forget that:
1. power plants are more efficient at burning fuels, unlike cars that sometimes idle under the tree waiting for people, or underpowered 1.3l cars speeding at 150km/h using up far more fuel than a BMW M3
2. power plants can also be better controlled and enforced. They don’t try to drive away if an environmental officer comes or turn around when they see a roadblock.
On the other hand, power plants aren’t as easy to upgrade when new technology comes around.
Still I think it’s a good target to aim for.
its all talk only. will never happen!
WOW! Impressive!
A real government that walks the talk.
There goes our residual value of our beloved car. Malaysian government is still pushing the gas car to the market with a possible scrap metal value in 14 years time. Better ride Uber from now on.
sigh! lion city state ruler still generates power depending heavily on fossil fuel, meanwhile smart alec using zero emission vehicle is heavily taxed!