The EU's new proposals are so strict that they will not promote climate-friendly bus transport, but will effectively ban it. If more cars are used for long-distance travel again, even low emission zones on motorways are conceivable.
Electric cars produce almost as much particulate matter as combustion engines, yet they are not regulated. The increase in the number of electric cars could therefore soon lead to a deterioration in air quality and new driving bans for combustion engines.
With the new emission standard, the EU demands utopian emission values for combustion vehicles. Experts therefore estimate that the new rules will have hardly any impact on air quality, and thus not on impending driving bans.
The vehicles emit up to 12 times more CO2 than the manufacturers claim. Some experts suspect cut-off devices which deliberately make the measured values appear low.
Significantly fewer people in Europe die as a result of air pollution. Driving bans and cleaner cars contribute to this improvement.
The consequences of air pollution cost Europeans up to €11,361 per person every year.
The new Euro norm is expected to be on the roads in 2025 and could thus ban many existing burners from European roads
The European Court of Justice has upheld the European Commission's action, demanding that Italy act more quickly to reduce air pollution.
Traffic on Astypalea is to become completely climate-neutral and electric. The island will thus become a pioneer for the smart city of tomorrow.
The export of our old diesel vehicles causes bad air in Africa. But there they no longer want our rust buckets and are increasingly turning to low-emission new cars.
