Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date Exclusive: Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date A s the battle lines harden amid Germany’s intensifying pressure on the European Commission to scrap the 2035 ban on production of new petrol and diesel cars, two Swedish car companies, Volvo and Polestar, are leading the campaign to persuade Brussels to