The European Commission plans to force the electrification of the rental and company car markets by 2030 in a move industry executives have criticised as “a backdoor ban” on petrol cars.
The proposal for a quota on large businesses to buy mostly EVs is expected to be made at the same time as Brussels plans to loosen the 2035 ban on the internal combustion engine on December 10, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.
“This quota [on corporate fleets] would actually lead to a far earlier ban of combustion engine vehicles,” Nico Gabriel, chief operating officer at German rental car company Sixt, said. “There seems to be some kind of a double sword play.”
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