Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban NYT | Top Stories 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.