Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius has harshly criticized the European Union's (EU) targets and bans on combustion-engine vehicles. The German government criticized the EU government's roadmap in an interview with the newspaper. Handelsblatt, where he points out that the European automotive industry, one of the pillars of the secondary sector in the Old Continent, "is about to hit a wall" due to the objectives and demands imposed by the EU in the process of transition to electric vehicles.