BERLIN (Reuters) -BMW Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said the European Union’s planned phase-out of combustion engines by 2035 was a “big mistake”, calling for a shift to emission measures that capture a vehicle’s entire supply chain.

Zipse said in an interview with Politico, published on Friday, that setting a fixed date for the transition risked ignoring emissions across the value chain, including battery production and fuel sourcing.

He urged EU regulators to allow climate-friendly fuels beyond 2035, saying fuel producers must also be held accountable.

“We do ourselves no favours by setting arbitrary future dates by which all industries must adapt,” he said in the interview, extracts from which were published on Friday morning. “The absurdity of the current rules is that the fuel maker

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