EXCLUSIVE Can using e-fuels save the internal combustion engine?
• Case for e-fuels needs to be proved by 2026 • Use in aviation could pave the way for road transport
THE European Union’s decision in June to ban sales of new cars and vans powered by diesel and petrol from 2035 resonated around the world.
The bloc’s environment ministers agreed to the ban after Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of it, and in doing so seemingly passed a death sentence on the internal combustion engine.
“Goodbye gasoline,” was typical of the unequivocal headlines, while green lobby groups could not disguise their glee. Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and e-mobility at Transport and Environment, summed up the prevailing mood when she said: “The end of the combustion engine is great news for the climate.”
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