How gas- and petrol-powered supercars could stay on sale in Europe past the 2035 cut-off
The so-called “Ferrari” amendment exempts all manufacturers producing under 1,000 units per year from the EU-wide ban on sales of combustion-engine vehicles in 2035, and gives a one-year reprieve to manufacturers registering up to 10,000 new cars a year. Supercars and other gasoline, diesel or hybrid cars produced by Ferrari and the likes could therefore continue to be sold up to 2036, or even beyond for niche manufacturers.
The amendment states that manufacturers registering fewer than 1,000 new vehicles in a calendar year will be exempt from the greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements that will apply to other automakers. It goes on to state manufacturers newly registering between 1,000 and 10,000 passenger cars or between 1,000 and 22,000 light commercial vehicles in a calendar year should see the possibility of applying for an exemption from their specific emissions targets removed from 2036 onwards.
In the end, this is only likely to apply to a few manufacturers, assuming, of course, that Ferrari and likes do not convert their entire ranges to electric vehicles before that time.
However, nothing is certain yet, since this regulation must yet be approved by the Council of the European Union — with or without this amendment — as part of a legislative process beginning in the coming weeks. It will then be up to each Member State to ensure that this decision is enforced throughout its territory.
