BRUSSELS—The European Union proposed watering down rules that would have effectively banned the sale of new combustion-engine cars in the bloc from 2035, after heavy pressure from the automotive ...

The European Union is set to propose softening emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines following months of pressure from the automotive industry. The proposal ...

Plans to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the European Union by 2035 have been thrown into turmoil after pressure from car manufacturers. On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed ...

A proposal to revise an E.U. law requiring carmakers to stop producing combustion engines by 2035 would offer some relief to automakers, but it sets back the region’s climate goals. By Patricia Cohen ...

STRASBOURG, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Tuesday ‌dropping the EU's effective ban on new combustion-engine ‌cars from 2035 by allowing continued sales of some non-electric ...

The European Commission will move to scrap plans for an effective ban on new combustion engine cars from 2035, a senior EU lawmaker said on Friday, in what would be a major victory for Germany, which ...

Good morning! It's Friday, December 12, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most ...

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Car buyers worldwide are returning to combustion engines as a result of policy reversals, trade wars and growing skepticism about EV infrastructure and costs, a report by ...

The prime ministers of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovakia pressed for more flexibility in the rules that would phase out petrol and diesel engines. Credit: Petr ...

In September, the Commission said it would bring forward a review of the rules to give the industry more planning certainty. Credit: Mounir Taha/Shutterstock.com. German chancellor Friedrich Merz is ...

Steam engines and internal combustion engines (indeed, most thermal engines) need a very large gap in temperature between the hot engine and the colder outside world to generate power. Think of it as ...