The stalemate around the long-decided and then blocked exit of the combustion engine is likely to come to an end. The EU Commission has now taken another step in the dispute with Germany: according to it, new cars with combustion engines should still be allowed after 2035, provided they are only powered by synthetic fuels, the so-called e-fuels.
However, the following requirement must apply: The vehicles must be able to recognize technically when, for example, petrol or diesel has been poured in, and then immediately switch off automatically. However, e-fuels have so far only been produced in very small quantities, so they are currently correspondingly expensive and energy-intensive to produce.
Edtstadler now believes in “open debate”
Germany’s Minister of State for Europe, Anna Lührmann, said in Brussels on Tuesday that she expected an agreement to be reached soon. Europe Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) does not believe in a deal ahead of the meeting of the 27 EU heads of state and government on Thursday and Friday, but in an “open debate”, as she put it on Tuesday.
In fact, negotiators in the European Parliament and the EU countries had already agreed in the autumn that from 2035 only zero-emission new cars may be registered in the EU. A confirmation of the so-called trilogue result by the EU states, which was scheduled for early March, fell through due to additional demands from Germany.
Source: Krone
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