Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban NYT | Top Stories By: Patricia Cohen and Eshe Nelson 17 December 2025 at 03:00 A proposal to revise an E.U. law requiring carmakers to stop producing combustion engines by 2035 would offer some relief to automakers, but it sets back the region’s climate goals. © Laetitia Vancon for The New York TimesElectric vehicles at a BMW factory in Munich. Premier automakers like BMW will benefit if an emission ban in Europe is rolled back.
Mercedes Reports a Drop in Profit but Maintains Its Forecast NYT | China By: Melissa Eddy 29 October 2025 at 22:32 The German carmaker held its outlook steady and said it would buy back more than $2 billion in shares, as sales of its high-end models improved.