In addition to car manufacturers, the ban on the sale of new thermal and hybrid cars from 2035 in the countries of the European Union pleases not only certain companies and manufacturers that work around this industry.
A German company specializing in the development of synthetic fuels recently announced that it is challenging the ban on heat engines from 2035 in the European Court of Justice.
A lost battle ahead?
This decision was made by several subsidiaries of Lühmann Gruppe, a well-known fuel distribution company in Germany. Their goal is to challenge the tightening of CO emissions standards2event which, according to them, hinders the creation of an innovative industry focused on renewable fuels.
The European Union recently approved the phase-out of combustion engines in new cars from 2035, an important measure to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 under the European Climate Plan. However, this resolution currently does not provide for the expansion of the use of heat engines on synthetic fuel.
We will remind that synthetic fuel is produced from CO2 from industrial activity and their supporters present it as a carbon neutral solution.
Have the locomotives been buried yet?
However, this alternative is currently considered expensive and ineffective in combating global warming, especially compared to electric cars. The issue of synthetic fuel sparked heated debate among member states ahead of the vote. Germany, where the automobile industry plays an important role in the economy, even threatened in March to block the procedure of the European Commission to soften the rules on these types of fuel.
Finally, a compromise was found, p Brussels’ commitment to further pave the way for synthetic fuels in a separate proposalwhich must be confirmed by autumn 2024. However, the original text of the ban on internal combustion engines remains unchanged for now.
Lüman’s group considers this compromise insufficient. The company, which employs several hundred people in Germany, has partially switched to synthetic fuel in recent years. According to the CEO of the group, Lorenz Kine, “Carbon-neutral fuels offer a unique opportunity to integrate internal combustion engine vehicles, which will continue to dominate fleets in the long term, into climate protection efforts. »
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Source: Auto Plus
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