
A phase-out of cars with internal combustion engines is one of the regulatory options being considered for the upcoming review of the EU CO2 standards for cars and vans, which the European Commission will propose this summer. T&E decided to gauge public opinion to understand whether people on the ground support such policies. A representative Pan-European online survey with 10,050 respondents across 15 large European cities in 8 countries was commissioned to leading institute YouGov. This briefing (downloadable below) details the main results.
The main results are:
In T&E’s view this shows that Europeans are ready for the switch to zero-emission mobility. Politicians should listen, and the European Commission should, this summer, propose an EU-wide phase-out of cars with internal combustion by 2035 at the very latest.
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