en 
The announcement comes after news that Germany will vote
against the proposal at the next Council of Environment Ministers of the
European Union (EU), which takes place next Tuesday.
According to the same association, these five countries
propose a 100% reduction in emissions only in 2040, and 90% in 2035 in the case
of light passenger cars and 80% in the case of light goods.
Zero warns that, if Germany’s decision is also considered,
“the block position of these countries could even determine the failure of the
ambition to ban the sale of combustion cars from 2035, which is an axis in the
European Ecological Pact.”
In this way, the environmental association argues that
“Portugal has thus positioned itself at the tail end of the decarbonisation of
the road transport sector”, which has been responsible, since 2019, for 28% of
polluting gas emissions in the country, according to data from the Portuguese
Environment Agency (APA).
The Portuguese government's position is in line with that of
the Automobile Association of Portugal (ACAP), which told ECO/Capital Verde
that it was against a total ban on the sale of these cars, arguing that the
discussion should only resume in 2028. At that time, a status report should
also be made “on the state of the charging network as well as the various
technological solutions”, added the same source.
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Shameful attitude from a group of less developed EU states.
By Diogo F. from Madeira on 26 Jun 2022, 09:17
Sensible move, though too little. Considering the proportion of cars over 15 years old in Portugal still on the road, the money that would have to be spent on electric vehicles could much better be put to use by allowing less polluting IC vehicles to replace older ones.
By Alex James from Algarve on 26 Jun 2022, 15:24
These governments like to show how they are environment friendly, big ideas and big words, they are dreaming if they all think they can pull this off. Better they convince China and India to cut their pollution that attributes to half the worlds CO2.
By JG from Algarve on 27 Jun 2022, 05:49
The realization that electricity production is woefully behind the anticipated need of a fully electrified domestic fleet is finallybeing acknowledged. Many countries are now being affected by brown outs as consumption exceeds capacity. Successive govetnments have failed to tackle production, and as usual, wait for a crisis before increasing infrastructure to cope. Portugal could do more, by insisting all new builds capitalise on the solar potential for generating electricity and hot water. Providing decent pay back tarrifs for electricity fed back in to the system from domestic household production, would also help in closing the gap between demand and production. But, I guess supporting those changes are beyond the wit of our verbose parliament.
By Ian from Other on 27 Jun 2022, 15:06