The condemned internal combustion engine (ICE) won a stay of execution this week when the EU watered down rules that will result in the petrol- and diesel-dependent technology being consigned to history in a few years.

Instead of an expected outright ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles after 2035, the EU allowed the continued use of those employing carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, or e-fuels. The UK, which had planned to ban ICE technology after 2030, may follow suit...

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