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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lisa O'Carroll

BMW chief says EU combustion engine ban will shrink car industry

The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept car at the Paris motor show.
The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept car at the Paris motor show. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

The EU’s plans to ban the manufacture of traditional combustion engines from 2035 will shrink the industry, BMW’s chief executive has warned as the German car industry battles with increased competition from China in the electric vehicle sector.

In a comment that will alarm Brussels, Oliver Zipse told the Paris motor show the 2035 cutoff point for CO2-emitting cars was “no longer realistic”.

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