The end of the thermal car will not concern Ferraris – The HuffPost

Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesItaly passes an exception to the ban on the sale of thermal carsENVIRONMENT – An exception that makes people talk. The European Parliament approved this Wednesday, June 8, the Brussels proposal to reduce emissions from new cars to zero from 2035, de facto only authorizing the sale of electric vehicles… with a few exceptions. Italian elected representatives from the group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), “the Ferrari amendment” was adopted, reports Le Monde. This amendment introduces a very symbolic exception concerning the ban on the sale of new thermal cars in 13 years, denounced in particular by MEP LR Agnès Evren.An exception until 2036“On combustion engines, the European Parliament refuses a 10% margin for the Clio manufacturers, but the Ferraris will be able to continue to run on gasoline”, she lambasted. Indeed with the Ferrari amendment, luxury cars manufactured in less than 1000 copies will be able to continue to run on gasoline until 2036. There is an exception to the end of sale of thermal vehicles in 2035 voted by Parliament European: luxury cars (Ferrari, etc). Of course, they are few, so emissions will be limited, but for the symbol and social justice, it will be necessary to iron pic.twitter.com/6gPS9lc6ZE— Audrey Garric (@audreygarric) June 9, 2022Wednesday, the MEPs, gathered in plenary session in Strasbourg, validated the text on the regulation of CO2 emissions from cars and vans, which is part of the European Union’s ambitious climate plan, by 339 for (249 votes against, 24 abstentions). The adopted text takes up the intermediate objectives proposed by Brussels: a 15% reduction in automobile emissions by 2025 and a 55% reduction in 2030. In Le Parisien, Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, researcher at the Jacques Delorsce Institute and policy specialist energy of the EU, “The logic behind is to record the almost total disappearance of thermal cars from the roads in 2050, their lifespan being around 16 years”, explains to the Parisian Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, researcher from the Jacques Delors Institute and specialist in EU energy policy. See also on The HuffPost: Elon Musk inaugurates a Tesla factory in Texas and thinks big