Earlier, the company predicted the refusal of internal combustion engines by 2030, and now the brand has left this goal and hopes that at least hybrids will remain in the market.
The CEO of Mercedes-Benz Ola Kallenius has called on the EU to change plans for banning the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines since 2035, warning that otherwise the European vehicle industry “will crash at full speed,” Motor1 reports.
In an interview with the German Business Handelsblatt newspaper, he said that if the EU prohibits the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines remains valid until 2035, the European vehicle industry will crash:
“We need to look at the realistic situation. Otherwise, we will enter the wall at full speed. Of course, we should decarbonize, but it should be done with technological neutral. We should not lose the vision of our economy.”
Kallenenius predicts that before regulators banned new cars with ICES, consumers rushed to buy fuel and diesel cars before the ban had entered the strength after nine and a half years, which would not contribute to the improvement of the situation.
According to ACEA, in the first half of 2025, part of electrical vehicles in sales in EU countries, Great Britain and Efta are only 17.5%, and 8.7%plugin-hybrids. In Mercedes, the situation is more complex: clean electrical cars consisting of only 8.4% of global supplies, less than last year.
The European Commission has confirmed the intent to maintain a target of 0 g/km CO2 for new cars from the middle of the next decade, but in the near future it is planned to change regulations. The industry hopes that at least hybrids can stay in the market after 2034.
Keep in mind that it was previously reported that Mercedes failed in electric G-class sales.
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