MEPs have held a debate on the crisis threatening the European automotive industry as car manufacturers across the continent face factory closures brought on by sluggish sales. High on the agenda was the issue of electric vehicles and the EU’s framework for a transition to zero emission vehicles with a 100% zero emission cost target by 2035. As part of that plan, the legal limit for cars’ CO2 emissions is due to fall by nearly a fifth to under 94 grams per kilometre next year — a deadline the car industry now says it cannot meet due to a dip in electric sales. But Brussels remains steadfast in…