The combustion ban continues to be hotly debated. However, the car manufacturers have already made up their minds.
Even if at combustion ban renegotiated: in just a few years, diesel and petrol engines will only play a secondary role in new car types. As the consulting company Dataforce determined in an evaluation of model announcements by car manufacturers, in 2026 only 19 percent of all new cars will have a Combustion engines fitted. 66 percent of all newly launched models will then be purely electric.
If you include the car types that are already running in the calculation, the proportion of combustion engines is the most model portfolio the manufacturer in 2026 at 26 percent. Pure electric vehicles account for 44 percent. "If you look at the plans, it is noticeable that from the manufacturer's point of view, combustion engines no longer play as much of a role as is often assumed," said the experts. To get the car in Future not to let it become a luxury item, they recommend not to rely on e-fuels, but on a rapid further development of #e-mobility. Also, because emission control and CO2-Controls make combustion engine driving expensive in the future.
Holger Holzer / SP-X
