Link: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Subaru-plans-to-sell-only-EVs-in-Europe-by-the-end-of-2027-11493903.html

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German Chancellor Merz and French President Macron want to weaken the EU’s CO₂ fleet emissions limits. Under their joint proposal, presented Oct. 16, manufacturers would have to cut fleet emissions by only 90% instead of 100% starting in 2035. The approach remains “technology-neutral”: manufacturers and importers can decide for themselves how they want to meet the limit. For now, battery-electric powertrains are the cheapest option. Without economies of scale, brands that sell small numbers of vehicles have the hardest time offsetting their share of combustion-engine models.

Subaru is one such small brand, and it plans to stop selling new cars with combustion engines in Europe by the end of 2027 at the latest. Subaru Germany confirmed this in response to an inquiry, according to a media report. That would leave only three models from the Japanese brand’s lineup in Europe: the Solterra, the Uncharted, and the electric E-Outback wagon. For European buyers of new cars, that would end the era of the boxer engine, which, paired with sophisticated all-wheel-drive mechanics, has been part of Subaru’s identity for decades.

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I’ve heard it from Volvo and Volkswagen and yet there seems to be a lot of gasoline cars from those companies.

Engines are old designs, though, with revisions and enhanced electrification on top. Very low investment and just keeping thosr ICE models alive as long as the switch to electric mobility will be final and mainstream