European Commission may force companies to buy only electric cars from 2030

International News Desk

According to global times News Agency Europe,The European Commission is secretly preparing a bill that would force car rental companies such as Sixt or Europcar, as well as others, to buy only electric cars from 2030, Bild said, citing sources in the EU, The Global times Europe media.The new law will affect 60% of the car market. The European Commission is trying to speed up the implementation of the ban on internal combustion engine cars, the sale of which is planned to be stopped in the EU by 2035. In addition, the EC intends to present its draft law by the end of the summer.At the same time, the European Parliament has already criticized the idea of ​​the European Commission.Member of the European Parliament Markus Ferber noted that car rental companies, on the contrary, have reduced their electric car fleets because customers cannot always find charging stations. In this regard, he considers the EC's approach unrealistic.He was supported by Sixt board member Nico Gabriel, who called the ban on cars with internal combustion engines unrealistic. Like Ferber, Gabriel also pointed to the lack of charging stations in the EU.