Not emission-free

Secret EU table: explosive values for e-cars

What now? E-cars were considered 100 percent emission-free: this will soon change in the EU.

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This "Krone" story is causing a stir: E-cars are no longer 100 percent emission-free according to the EU, so the Commission is simultaneously rowing back on the combustion engine phase-out. Krone+ has the explosive EU table that shows how e-cars contribute to harmful CO2 emissions, which urgently need to be reduced. 

After a very remarkable vote in Brussels on Monday evening, the end of combustion engines is on the verge of becoming a reality. And e-cars, of all things, are to blame. As reported, the European Parliament voted by a majority for the first time in favor of a Commission proposal that no longer automatically declares e-cars to be climate-neutral vehicles.