Europe to ban combustion engine cars from 2035

Europe is getting rid of cars powered by engines.

The EU Council and the European Parliament reached an agreement on Thursday that will effectively ban the use of combustion engine cars and vehicles from the year 2035.

The agreement targets a 55 percent CO2 emission reduction target for new cars and a 50 percent reduction for new vans by the year 2030.

The EU wants to reduce greenhouse emissions in the EU by 55 percent by the year 2030.

The agreement will help the automotive industry in the EU. We need to remain at the forefront of innovation. I think we can take advantage of this technological change. Jozef Skela, the Czech minister of industry and trade, said in a statement that the goals for car manufacturers could be achieved.

There are two things that come with the proposal. One clause allows for vehicles to run on CO2 neutral fuels, which do emit some carbon dioxide during consumption, but are created in such a way that at least as much carbon dioxide was captured during production.

Sports car makers are exempt from the emission reductions clause that requires them to reduce emissions by the end of the century.

Some people are not happy with the pace of change. The deadline falls well short of the EU's climate commitments and will cost drivers hundreds of billions of dollars in fuel in the midst of a spiralling energy crisis, according to the EU.

The EU's scenic route ends in disaster. The phase-out of fossil fuel-burning cars in Europe is not fast enough, and new cars with internal combustion engines should be banned by the end of the century.