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

Re:Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehic... by hshdhdhj4444 on Sunday October 19, 2025 @01:54PM (#45636291)

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.

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Re:Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehic... by _aavaa_ on Sunday October 19, 2025 @05:15PM (#45638056)

To say nothing of increasing operating costs (most strikingly at the pump given less demand).

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Re:Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehic... by ashanoko on Sunday October 19, 2025 @08:44PM (#45639274)

It already is happening at major suppliers. https://press.zf.com/press/en/releases/release_94080.html#:~...

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Re:Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehic... by deaux on Monday October 20, 2025 @07:27AM (#45642689)

This seems to say the opposite? While electrified drivetrains are used in fossil fuel vehicles, from what I can tell the reasoning behind this is still weak EV demand.

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Re:Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehic... by 1718627440 on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:12AM (#45641147)

The market deciding for something, is better than forcing it by law; and if you think this will surely happen, why do we need the law then?

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Re:Brussels opens the door to reviewing the ban on ICE vehic... by ZeroGravitas on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:55AM (#45641505)

So the european car industry can coordinate and not destroy itself in a prisoners dilemma where they all try to defect by going slow to maximise short term profits.

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