Nine European nations call for EU combustion phase-out In a letter, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Malta, Ireland, Lithuania and Luxembourg call on the EU Commission to set a phase-out date for the sale of new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with combustion engines in the EU that is in line with the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. In addition, these nine states are in favour of improving charging infrastructure for zero-emission transport and significantly stricter CO2 emission standards – but in each case without concrete proposals. The letter is not a...