- Volvo and Polestar are publicly urging the European Union to keep the planned 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars, despite pressure from Germany to soften or delay it.
- Their argument: weakening the ban would slow down the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and hand a competitive edge to Chinese automakers — “the Chinese will not pause."
- Says Volvo's CEO: "If they were not mandatory, we would probably have 30% of our cars without seatbelts."
