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Car makers pay a new to a new hybrid and the promotional gasoline engine cars as executive officials are looking to increase profits amid the cost of waiting until electric cars are prevalent.

General Motors, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes Benz have pledged in the past few weeks Investment In the new or promoted internal combustion engine (ICE) and hybrid models, it even increases the width of electric cars to meet the most stringent emissions regulations in Europe and other places.

The launch of the new global ice and hybrid auto models will increase by 9 percent this year of 2024, according to the S& PLBAL MOBILITY. Car makers are expected to offer 205 gasoline models, a 4 percent decrease in 2024, while hybrid launch operations are expected to increase from 43 percent to 116 models.

Last week, Mercedes -Benz revealed plans to launch 19 gasoline vehicles for 17 battery electric vehicles between 2025 and 2027 after that Margins of sales and profit He achieved success amid the growth of the demand for electric cars.

“If you do not think that the market conditions will be electric dominant in 2030.. CEO first Kelleneus told investors:

Porsche, which has suffered a 49 percent decrease in Taycan Edan sedan sales last year, also has second ideas about its EV strategy. This month, the luxury car maker announced that it will work Reform the future formation 800 million euros plowed in developing a new combustion engine and hybrid vehicles.

Old auto manufacturers must face the cost of investing in the future electric and hybrid vehicles while maintaining the combustion engine technology for a longer period than expected.

The hybrid, which combines batteries and the internal combustion engine, is very profitable and attractive to the car engine in high demand for consumers and the need to reduce emissions. The European Union rules for 2025 require that each car maker must reduce its total emissions by 15 percent compared to the 2021 basic line. Brussels is scheduled to prohibit sales of new gasoline and diesel cars from 2035.

Car makers request flexibility in emissions and banning 2035, with BMW invitation to cancel the ban.

In recent weeks, both Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and Renault cars have expected less profits this year amid risks of global tariff war in addition to the costs of meeting the strict-more emissions standards-which makes it difficult to give up.

“We are moving quickly on the side of EV, but we are not slowing on the ice side,” said Luka de Miu, CEO of Renault. “Making EVS to be a dominant technique in Europe is a 20 -year journey.”

While the growth of EV sales has slowed in Europe, the demand increased in China, where electric and hybrid vehicles accounted for 47 percent of sales last year-an increase of 6 percent only five years ago, according to car material in Shanghai.

Electric cars are more expensive for their production of gasoline vehicles due to the high cost of batteries, which means that car companies still achieve less profit margins on EVS.

Harald Wilhelm, Mercedes Benz Financial Director, said the group will provide the cost of EVS at more than 15 percent. This would narrow the cost difference compared to the combustion engine cars, but Wilhelm added that when it comes to blocking the gap “we do not want to promise things that we cannot do.”

Volkswagen, the largest in Europe, is no longer sure of its plan to stop selling gasoline cars in Europe by 2033, according to one person familiar with discussions. “It will be stupid [to stop selling combustion engine cars] “If our customers want them,” the person said.

In the United States, General Motors was updating her ice models.

While its share of our EV sales increased from 6 percent to 9 percent last year against the background of the demand for the electrical moderation Chevrolet, executive officials warned that growth in the total market may slow down after US President Donald Trump indicated the end of the EVS.

“I think we can have a scenario where the profitability of the ice can continue, as the ice cash flows can continue for a longer period than they might do,” Paul Jacobson, General Director of General Gen., said at the Barclays conference last week.

Additional reports by Ian Johnston in Paris