There’s been much ado about the European Union’s proposed 2035 internal combustion engine ban. We first reported on the initiative in July, 2021. Since then, the bill has worked its way through the E.U.’s bureaucratic maze, inching its way toward approval on March 7, 2023.
In an unexpected turn of events, Germany refused to approve the proposal due to the lack of synthetic-fuel-powered vehicle exemptions. However, the commission should have seen this resistance building over the past few years.
