Another failed EU policy that has been crumbling is the ‘net zero’ obsession, which wants to ban petrol cars and mandate that all vehicles must be electric in a decade.
The problem is: consumers are not into it.
In fact, the acceptance of EVs is in a sharp downturn, with the largest European market, Germany, having suffered a ‘spectacular’ – perhaps we should call it ‘catastrophic’ – drop in electric car sales.
Now, the European Union faces growing calls to delay its net zero vehicle targets.
There is a famous statue atop City Museum (Zeughaus) in Cologne, Germany. It is a golden Ford Fiesta, not a Tesla, not any electric car but an internal combustion engine Ford Fiesta. They love it so much they attached wings to it and gilded it with gold leaf. Germany will never adopt EVs.
True story, you can even Google it!