We’ve known that for a long time thermal cars gradually from the Brussels roads and streets to disappear. According to the planned timetable, there will be 2030 Not a single one diesel car more are allowed on the roads, and from 2034 also no petrol cars more.
The plan therefore provides different phases. That for diesel cars would on January 1, 2025 enter, where engines of the Euro 5 standard would therefore be banned. But not all motorists have the financial resources to change cars, which is why Touring now one delay asks. According to the organization, it is necessary to better assess the impact of the ban and “accompanying measures that take into account the economicecological and infrastructural reality.”
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850,000 affected vehicles
The abolition of Euro 5 diesel engines is an important phase in terms of volume. After all, it would 850,000 vehicles (including 700,000 passenger cars and 150,000 vans), of which only 32,000 vehicles from Brussels residents itself (the rest are commuters or vans). Yet Touring estimates that there is “significant consequences will be for the residents of Brussels, as a quarter of the city’s diesel cars will immediately become unusable.”
Touring defers to its request for a postponement five important reasons forward. First, there is one economic reason behind the planned aging of these banned vehicles and secondly there is a need for one smoother transition, instead of a hard ban that is not constructive. The organization also points out the need for a more varied and affordable offering clean vehicles. She emphasizes the weakened purchasing power of households and an inadequate one charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
The Region says “no”
The Brussels Environment Minister Alain Maron (Ecolo) responded to Touring’s request on the radio station La Première. It is not an option for the minister to plan to change. It remains to be seen how the next government will respond, because the elections of June 2024 could bring about change. Maybe Touring will find a listening ear among the new politicians? To be continued…
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