EU says no plans for electric cars quotas

Record ID: 905598

  • Title: EU says no plans for electric cars quotas
  • Date: 7th August 2017
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (FILE - JULY 2017) (REUTERS) EUROPEAN UNION FLAGS
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2017 12:19
  • Keywords: European Union quotas for electric cars low emission cars European Commission Mina Andreeva
  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036T5QVRB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The European Union on Monday (August 7) said it had no plans to introduce quotas for electric cars for an automobile sector seeking to recover from the Volkswagen diesel scandal, a spokeswoman for the EU executive said.
    The Commission was reacting to a report in German newspaper Handelsblatt that cited EU sources as saying the European Commission wanted to accelerate the retreat from combustion engines by setting a quota for low emission cars such as electric cars from 2025.
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