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Why tougher EU emissions rules put the combustion engine's future in doubt

Under new regulations, automakers may have to slash CO2 emissions to as low as 68g/km by 2025. Such a move would put automakers under pressure to switch to powertrains that emit very few tailpipe pollutants. (Photo: iStock)
March 15, 2017 05:00 AM

The European Commission is set to reshape the landscape of the global auto industry later this year when it agrees on even more stringent carbon emission targets for the next decade that could mark the beginning of the end for traditional combustion-powered vehicles in the world's largest economic bloc.

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