Both Mercedes-Benz and BMW welcomed the ruling while stressing their commitment to sustainability.Environmentalists suffered a setback on Monday when Germany’s top appeals court threw out their cases seeking to ban Mercedes-Benz and BMW from selling new combustion-engine cars from November 2030.
The federal court of justice in Karlsruhe upheld lower court rulings against the lawsuits, brought by three managing directors from the DUH environmental lobby.
The DUH had based its case on a “carbon budget” calculated for each of the two automakers.
But the court ruled that no such budget had been allocated to individual companies.
Both Mercedes-Benz and BMW welcomed the ruling while stressing their commitment to sustainability.
The decision provides “legal certainty for companies operating in Germany”, a BMW spokesperson said.
