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Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehicles from 2035

by teleforce on 10/19/25, 7:47 AM with 20 comments

• by ZeroGravitas on 10/19/25, 6:43 PM

  Discussion point 1: exactly how many decades do we want to be dependant on imported energy?

• by hshdhdhj4444 on 10/19/25, 5:54 PM

  This only makes sense if they’re reviewing the ban to enforce it even earlier.

  Otherwise the market is gonna make the decision for them well within 10 years.

  The gap between ICE and EVs is already extremely pronounced and EVs still have room to improve and also get a lot cheaper.

  And as ICE vehicles lose numbers, while EV numbers rise, the economies of scale cost advantages that ICE vehicles have will start working the other way, especially since ICE vehicles are far more complex with a much more intricate and far reaching supply chain that will be greatly affected by the failure of a few key, often very small, suppliers.

• by deaux on 10/20/25, 11:29 AM

  More classic short-termism by the West, more of the same why their lunch gets eaten further and further by China.

• by okanat on 10/20/25, 1:11 AM

  2035 is a massive "screw you, stop being poor" for Eastern and Southern members of the EU where the electrical infrastructure is weak in many parts. EVs need to get 1/3 of the price they are now to be viable in those markets where people buy Dacias, Fiats or Seats.

  Without massively improving the infrastructure, it is just shooting both the industrial members by killing a well developed product class and the private individuals who cannot buy cheaper budget ICE vehicles. I am all for developing this infrastructure as green as possible. Trying to force it in this short of a timespan is just stupid.

• by noncoml on 10/19/25, 11:35 PM

  Why don’t we let the market decide? Let people vote with their money