The European Commission is preparing to end polluting cars by 2035

The European Commission is about to announce that all new cars sold from 2035 onwards must not contain polluting emissions and several car manufacturers have already announced plans to switch to all-electric cars.

Sources cited by agencies such as Agence France-Presse or Bloomberg suggest that the Commission should propose on Wednesday guidelines to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, which include the complete abolition of emissions from cars from 2035.

Commission documents consulted by Bloomberg indicate that the European CEO wants emissions from new vehicles to fall to 65% in 2030 and zero in 2035. The news agency adds that these standards will be completed, with national governments committing to developing infrastructure fees for electric and hydrogen vehicles.

As expected this decision, in recent months many car manufacturers have radically adhered to the electric path.

And the latest company to do so, Germany’s Opel, a subsidiary of the Stellantis group, announced Thursday that it will be 100% electric in Europe from 2028.

The group, which has joined forces with PSA (Peugeot-Citroen-Opel) and FCA (Fiat-Chrysler) since January, wants to play one of the first roles in the ongoing electrification of the automobile market. It has already abandoned the development of combustion engines and intends to invest 30 billion euros in the electrification of its ranges by 2025 and in computer software.

Its director, Olivier Francois, has indicated that Opel wants to be 100% electric in Europe by 2028 and with deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Volkswagen is betting everything on electric successfully so far. The ID3 compact model launched in late 2020, and it competes with Tesla for market leadership.

The German group has not yet announced when the combustion engines will expire, but it expects to have, by 2030, 60% of battery vehicles in its European sales.

In its transition to the tram, it will invest 46 billion euros in five years.

Its luxury brand Audi will be 100% battery-operated in 2033. Its other luxury subsidiary, Porsche, will start producing high-performance battery cells.

Lamborghini, which also belongs to this German group, intends to electrify its entire range of sports cars by the end of 2024.

Supercar maker Bugatti, whose control will be ceded by Volkswagen to leading Croatian company Rimac, is expected to launch an electric model in the medium term.

For its part, Volvo, a subsidiary of China’s Geely Group, plans to withdraw all combustion models, including hybrid cars, from its catalog by 2030, the same date that Bentley, or Ford, assumes for Europe.

“From 2025, half of our cars will be electric,” Volvo Cars president Hakan Samuelsson declared in March during an interview with AFP.

To reinvent its group, Jaguar Land Rover, a subsidiary of India’s Tata group, will invest 2.5 billion pounds (2.8 billion euros) a year, largely in trams. All Jaguar sports cars will be electric from 2025 onwards.

Renault, which pioneered the field of trams with Zoé, intends to introduce the greenest ‘mix’ to the European market in 2025″, in which more than 65% of vehicles will be electrified. By 2025 it will launch 10 new electric vehicles, including A modern and “affordable” version of the popular Renault 5, manufactured in France.

BMW, over the next 10 years, wants to sell 10 million 100% electric models, more than double the 4 million it has announced.

Another pioneer in electric cars, with the i3, this brand fell after that, namely, ahead of Tesla.

Its mini-branch will turn its entire back on combustion engines within 10 years.

General Motors North America intends to stop building polluting emissions vehicles by 2035, even if it does not publicly commit to an exclusive electric vehicle offering that year.

Toyota, the Japanese leader in hybrid cars, which does not believe in battery cars, will launch seven 100% electric models by 2025.

Until then, the world number one in cars expects to make in Europe 10% of her sales in electricity and hydrogen, along with 70% in hybrid cars, 10% in rechargeable hybrids, and 10% in vehicles running on fossil fuels. .

In the case of Daimler (Mercedes-Benz), the goal is to continue to “accelerate” electric vehicles, doubling sales of electrified vehicles, including hybrids, in 2021, compared to 2020. In 2025, 25% of sales should be Sold cars. Electric companies, with a 50% target set for 2030.

Finally, the Korean Hyundai plans to introduce 23 models of electric cars by 2025 and sell more than one million units. For its part, Kia will present seven electric models, which should account for 20% of its global sales.