European car buyers will still have the freedom to choose between combustion and electric vehicles until 2035, when the EU’s planned ban on new gas-powered cars takes effect. But a new report suggests that anyone renting vehicles might not enjoy the same freedoms.
The European Commission is working on plans to prevent rental companies and large corporations from buying ICE-powered cars from 2030, according to German media. Agencies like Europcar and Sixt would only be allowed to buy electric cars to replace de-fleeted hire cars, Bild says it learned from unnamed Commission sources.
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