Starting from 2035, it will not be possible to register cars and small trucks running on gasoline in the European Union.

From 2035, only electric vehicles can be registered in the EU. The same rule will apply to light trucks. According to the German publication Handelsblatt, approval of this proposal will be achieved in the near future both in the European Parliament and in the Council of the EU.

From 2035, it will not be possible to register cars and small trucks that emit carbon dioxide from the exhaust pipe in the European Union. The only acceptable technique, therefore, is electrical, the article says.

At the same time, the publication notes that such a transition will leave about 0.5 million people without work in Europe. In this regard, the European Commission will evaluate every two years measures for the retraining of workers in the automotive industry.

This will affect, first of all, the countries of Eastern Europe, where the production of internal combustion engines will be stopped and workers will lose up to half a million jobs, according to the European Automobile Suppliers Association (CLEPA), the article specifies.

Its authors note that the Norwegians will be able to get used to the new rules most easily. The country today leads the world in terms of the number of electric vehicles per capita. Over the past five years, the demand for electric vehicles there has fallen to 8.2%. The ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines is going to be introduced there in 2025, but it looks like this goal will be achieved even earlier.