Ola Källenius wears two major hats in the European car industry — boss of Mercedes and president of the ACEA. Photograph: Ben Kilb/Bloomberg
The calls started just before the Munich motor show in September. They were led by no less than Ola Källenius, who wears two major hats in the European car industry — he’s the boss of Mercedes, and currently the president of the ACEA, the group representing Europe’s car makers at governmental and EU level.
Källenius said, ahead of Munich, that the EU’s legislation, which means that the sales of combustion-engined cars have to come to a halt in 2035, will “need a reality check”.
“Otherwise, we are heading at full speed against a wall,” he warned. “Of course, we have to decarbonise, but it has to be done in a technology-neutral way. We must not lose sight of our economy.”
The car makers’ demands on the EU have now been made, and they include such alterations to the legislation as allowing for the greater use of biofuels and synthetic e-fuels, which would be counted as
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