It was perhaps an April Fool’s joke that the European Commission was open to using biofuels as an alternative to electricity in cars. “Negotiations on biofuels have begun,” Minister Gilberto Pichetto rejoiced, after EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson’s interview with Rainews last Saturday, to be precise the first day of the month. But Brussels apparently […]
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Green light to stop petrol and diesel cars by 2035, Italy abstains
The regulation that ended gasoline and diesel cars by 2035 has now become law. EU energy ministers have given final approval to the text effectively banning the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035. The measure passed with the affirmative vote of Germany, which obtained an exception for synthetic fuels, eFuels. Italy […]
Italian car running out of (bio)fuel
The task of adding a derogation for biofuels to the regulation on stopping polluting cars in Europe is becoming increasingly complex for Italy. Tomorrow, the European Union’s transport ministers may pass legislation banning the sale of new cars and vans with polluting internal combustion engines from 2025. The inclusion of an exception for eFuels, synthetic […]
Italy presses on biofuels, but Berlin pulls back and wants eFuel only
Italy is looking for allies in Europe to try and save cars with combustion engines if they run on biofuels. Our country hoped that Germany would be on its side in this war, not wanting to support demand instead and gave the green light for only eFuel to concentrate on its game (and with excellent […]
“Biofuels pollute the environment 3 times more than diesel”
If you really want to reduce the environmental impact of road transport, there is no alternative to the electric car. This is what the activists of Transport & Environment (T&E), an organization based in Brussels that has been working on sustainable mobility for more than three decades and fully supporting the transition to battery-powered vehicles, […]
The battle is eFuel’s battle to save automakers. Very expensive compared to market needs, and produced in minimal quantities, “neutral emission” fuels can save vehicles’ internal combustion engines from the new EU directive, even if they are not completely green.
First, the fear of stopping the sale of cars with internal combustion engines, then the confrontation with Germany, which leads a group of countries that oppose the European directive on zero-emission vehicles. Everything now revolves around eFuels biofuels, “neutral emission” fuels that will allow automakers to stop the shock that will hit the automotive industry […]
Why do Germany, Italy and luxury car manufacturers want eFuel?
The directive on zero emissions from vehicles was blocked in Brussels due to unexpected opposition from Germany, which led a group of countries, including Italy, which opposed the text. The reform, which envisages stopping the sale of new cars and non-ecological vehicles from 2035, was agreed between the Council and the EU Parliament last year […]
Brussels ready to save on eFuel on zero emissions from cars directive
The European Commission will be ready to allow the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines that run only on climate-neutral fuels, i.e. biofuels or waste fuels. In this way, Brussels aims to resolve the dispute with Germany and Italy and to give the green light for the directive that envisions the gradual elimination […]