Automakers are breathing a sigh of relief now that the European Commission is proposing to reverse the 2035 sales ban on new vehicles with combustion engines. However, companies will still have to slash fleet emissions by 90 percent compared to 2021 levels. Even before the middle of the next decade, manufacturers must meet tighter CO₂ targets, the latest of which came into effect this year. From 2030 onward, the rules of the game will become even stricter.
