Volkswagen will shift to producing electric cars after 2026, the company announced this week.

The company’s strategy chief, Michael Jost, made the announcement at the Handelsblatt automotive summit conference held at Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, Reuters reported Wednesday.

“In the year 2026 will be the last product start on a combustion engine platform,” Jost said at the summit.

A spokesperson for the automaker confirmed to Reuters that Jost’s remarks meant that the company would be shifting its focus to electric cars after 2026 instead.

The decision to stop producing gas-powered cars is Volkswagen’s latest effort to recover from an international emissions-cheating scandal.

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