PARIS (Reuters) - Europe must cancel its plan to ban new fossil fuel-emitting cars from 2035 to reduce reliance on China's battery supply chain and play to its technological strengths, BMW's chief executive said on Tuesday.

While recently speaking at the Paris Auto Show, BMW chief executive Oliver Zipse said a new regulatory framework is needed to play into Europe’s technological strengths. Read: B

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse on Tuesday called for an end to Europe's planned phaseout of new internal-combustion vehicle sales halfway through the next decade, arguing that it will force European automakers to rely on batteries from China.

BMW and Mini are doing pretty well on the EV front, so why is Oliver Zipse going down this road? New cars and vans sold in the European Union must be emissions-free, according to an EU-wide law that went into effect last year.

BMW's chief executive Oliver Zipse has said that Europe must do away with its plan to ban new fossil fuel emitting cars from 2035, to curb dependence on China's battery supply chain, and use its technological strengths to its advantage, Reuters reported.

The list of voices speaking out against the European Union’s ban on the sale of new piston-powered cars, which is scheduled for 2035, is getting longer. BMW’s CEO recently asked regulators to cancel the ban.

In a bold statement at the Paris Motor Show, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse called for a reconsideration of the European Union’s 2035 ban on new combustion engine vehicles. Zipse’s comments reflect growing anxiety among automakers about the feasibility of the all-electric mandate,

Once seen as inevitable, opposition to the all-electric mandate continues to grow.

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