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Do not get your hopes up. Governments have decided that ICE engines will get killed and that will happen. Have a look at Euro 7. Looks like from 2025 onwards the EU wont be able to buy ICE cars anymore. Even PHEVs will probably have i4s at max. That is if the proposals do not get scrapped. Which i doubt though.

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The problem I see with these bans are that governments are subject to the voters and many voters have cars.

The EU is not really voted by the people. Very indirectly at max. And even then there are many people with cars who want to keep their cars but still vote green here. For some obscure reasons.

EU memberships are voted by the people. We have already seen that populism can get a country out of the EU even if it's not a great idea. And there are already vocal people against EU memberships. Imagine giving them more reasons to rile up people.

Would be a good thing to be honest. The EU is a trade pact that went horribly wrong with overregulation and a lot of costs. What happens in the EU is not voted for but if you are in the EU is. Huge governments are just as harmful as huge companies.

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