E-fuels are produced from water and carbon dioxide (CO2) using electricity.
(Photo: dpa)
Vienna, Dusseldorf The internal combustion engine will not disappear completely in Europe. The technology should also be able to be used in new cars beyond 2035. For this purpose, the EU Commission will define a new vehicle class under pressure from the German Federal Government. Cars in this segment are to be powered exclusively with synthetically produced fuels from green electricity. On Tuesday, the 27 EU countries should decide on this agreement.
So-called e-fuels have been criticized for their climate footprint and high costs. In a Bloomberg interview, Iveco boss Gerrit Marx even described the synthetic fuels as the “champagne of the drive”. Literally he said: “If you have a Ferrari or drive your Porsche Turbo once at the weekend, you won’t care whether a liter costs five euros or eight euros.” But that is “not fuel for the future”. But what does the factual situation really look like when it comes to costs?
Read on now
Get access to this and every other article in the
Web and in our app free of charge for 4 weeks.
Further
Read on now
Get access to this and every other article in the
web and in our app.
Further