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EU’s Breton Urges Carmakers to Keep Producing Combustion Engines
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Thierry Breton
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Europe’s push for its auto industry to go all-electric poses risks to employment and vehicle affordability, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said, urging manufacturers to keep making combustion cars.
“I respect the fact that some are deciding to accelerate toward a 100% electric offer, but I also encourage manufacturers to continue to produce internal combustion cars, generate quality jobs and remain an export force,” Breton said in an interview published on French daily Les Echos on Friday.