European carmakers should wean off fossil fuels by 2040, Audi chief says
奥迪首席执行官表示，欧洲汽车制造商应在 2040 年之前摆脱石油燃料
Europe’s carmakers should wean themselves off fossil fuels from 2040, chief executive of Volkswagen’s Audi said on Friday, calling for quicker expansion of renewable energy capacity in Bavaria, where Audi is based, and elsewhere.
Discussions around a possible embargo on Russian gas in light of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have raised pressure on companies and governments to expand investment into renewable energy, with Mercedes-Benz promising new investments in wind and solar to help power its plants.
“Let’s be courageous as Europeans and take it upon ourselves to give up on fossil fuels completely from 2040,” Markus Duessmann said at a conference. “We must put all our energy towards battery-electric vehicles for individual mobility.”
Audi will stop selling combustion engine cars from 2033. Its parent Volkswagen will do so from 2035 in Europe and later in China and the United States, it has said.
奥迪首席执行官周五表示，欧洲的汽车制造商应该从 2040 年开始摆脱化石燃料 ，并呼吁在奥迪总部所在地巴伐利亚州更快地扩大可再生能源产能，并且别处。
鉴于莫斯科入侵乌克兰，围绕俄罗斯天然气禁运的讨论增加了企业和政府扩大可再生能源投资的压力，梅赛德斯-奔驰承诺对风能和太阳能进行新的投资，以帮助其工厂供电.
“让我们作为欧洲人勇敢地承担起从 2040 年开始完全放弃化石燃料的责任，”马库斯·杜斯曼在一次会议上说。 “我们必须将所有精力投入到电池电动汽车上，以实现个人移动性。”
奥迪将从 2033 年起停止销售内燃机汽车。其母公司大众汽车将从 2035 年起在欧洲停售，随后在中国和美国停售。
