EU makes zero emissions vehicles mandatory as of 2035

The EU has passed a new legislation that will ban the sale of new fossil fueled vehicles as of 2035 making zero emissions vehicles mandatory.

Additionally the legislation has a much stricter policy on the amount of CO² allowed to be emitted from vehicles by the year 2030, which should give the transition to electric vehicles an additional boost. In a previous agreement, emissions from new cars sold after 2030 would have to be over 55% lower than vehicles sold in 2021.

This legislation was put into place and is so harsh since the EU believes that relying on the citizens of the EU as well as the industry has proven to be a failure. The sales of electric vehicles has gradually increased over the past years, but not enough to help get CO² levels down to where they should be.

The EU also isn’t the first to pass a legislation banning the sales of fossil fueled vehicles. Norway, the U.K., and Canada have either passed their own legislations banning the sale of fossil fueled vehicles or have announced that a legislation is eminent.

Over in America however, things are a bit different. Only California which is known for strict emissions regulations has actually passed a ban on selling new gas or diesel powered cars as of 2035. This move could motivate other states to pass similar legislations, but nothing definitive has been announced yet.

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