EU’s Von Der Leyen Eyes E-Fuels Carve-Out for Cars, Key Lawmaker Says

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said she will push for an exemption for cars running on so-called e-fuels under the bloc’s plans to effectively end sales of combustion engine cars by 2035, according to a key lawmaker.

Pascal Canfin, chair of the European Parliament’s environment committee during the last legislature, said that von der Leyen told his Renew group that she saw such an exemption as a “landing ground” to soothe concerns of center-right lawmakers about the phase out. Carmakers would still have to completely eliminate CO2 emissions by 2035.