The end of the internal combustion engine? EU votes to phase out all car emissions from 2035

Italy wants exemptions for the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini

Manufacturers including Volkswagen, Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz have already spent the last several years accelerating their transition to battery-electric vehicles

Europe’s effort to snuff out the internal combustion engine a little more than a dozen years from now just took a key step forward.

Members of Parliament voted yesterday in favour of mandating that carmakers eliminate emissions from the cars they sell from 2035 onward. They rejected an attempt by some right-leaning lawmakers to let up on the industry even just a little bit, voting down an amendment that would have set a 90% fleetwide CO2 average reduction instead.