In view of the crisis among car manufacturers and suppliers, IG Metall boss Christiane Benner is calling for further easing combustion ban. Benner said her union wanted prospects for employees in the auto industry, especially among suppliers Automobile Week.
She demanded that Plug-in hybrids and Vehicles with range extenders will remain permitted even after 2035. “I would love to take a clearer course towards electric. But I also see what is happening to jobs in the automotive and especially in the supplier industry,” said Benner. She called for more flexibility in the implementation of the Climate Protection Act.
The European Union is currently planning a de facto ban on the registration of combustion engines by 2035. However, combustion cars should still be allowed to be driven. The EU Commission struck under pressure from several actors in December before, to weaken this goal and instead introduce a 90 percent rule: According to this, manufacturers’ fleets should emit 90 percent fewer emissions from 2035 than in 2021. Negotiations on this are likely to take months.
The German automotive industry has been in crisis for some time. Those too Automotive suppliers are suffering greatly. The industry is struggling with, among other things, the weak economy, the tariff policy of the US Trump administration, strong competition from abroad and the switch to electric mobility.