'As much use as giving slippers to an elephant' - Irish politicians react to EU's backtrack on 100pc electric car target

"Objectives to make a third of cars on the road electric by 2030 and all sales electric by 2035 have been dropped by the EU"

"Laws to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035 are to be dropped, in a major U-turn by the EU on what was a key part of its green agenda."

"It means the Irish Government will be under no obligation to meet its objective of ensuring a third of the total car fleet is electric by 2030."

EU abandoned objectives requiring one third of vehicles on the road to be electric by 2030 and banning new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035. Laws to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 were dropped in a U-turn on a central green policy. Member states now face no EU obligation to ensure a specific electric share of national fleets by 2030. The Irish Government is no longer obliged to ensure a third of the car fleet is electric by 2030. The decision changes timelines and regulatory certainty for automakers, consumers, and national climate plans.

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