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BMW CEO calls EU’s 2035 combustion engine ban a ‘big mistake’, sees strong 2025 sales

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BERLIN (Reuters) -BMW Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said the European Union’s planned phase-out of combustion engines by 2035 was a “big mistake”, calling for a shift to emission measures that capture a vehicle’s entire supply chain. Zipse said in an interview with Politico, published on Friday, that setting a fixed date for the transition risked ignoring emissions across the value chain, including battery production and fuel sourcing. He urged E…

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Manager assures that limiting to electric mobility is “a big mistake” and is optimistic that 2025 will be a year with higher sales volume

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According to Oliver Zipse, EU climate policy currently focuses almost exclusively on vehicle emissions, while little attention is paid to the environmental impact of battery production or fuel production.

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BMW wants to postpone to 2050 the ban on thermal cars in the EU Admin FCE 05 Sep 2025 - 20:27 The German premium car manufacturer BMW proposed on Friday to postpone to 2050 the ban on sales of new thermal cars in the EU, instead of 2035. "Manufacturers should all reach 2050" as a deadline instead of 2035 as set by the European Commission, said to AFP Walter Mertel, Chief Financial Officer of BMW, a few days before the opening of the Munich Inter…

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WTVB broke the news in on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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