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EU climate resolutions on combustion engines: Auto Pope Dudenhöffer warns - "Refueling will hurt in the future"

2021-07-15T16:15:49.345Z


According to the EU, only cars that do not emit CO2 will be allowed to drive in Europe after 2035. German carmakers should be at the forefront of the movement, advises car expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer.


According to the EU, only cars that do not emit CO2 will be allowed to drive in Europe after 2035.

German carmakers should be at the forefront of the movement, advises car expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer.

Munich - The head of the Duisburg Center for Automotive Research (CAR), Prof. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, has called on German manufacturers to quickly switch to e-mobility.

The faster the industry in Germany gets involved in alternative drives, the better the prospects for manufacturers, Dudenhöffer told

Merkur.de

.

At the same time, the auto expert warned of rising fuel prices and drastic falling used car prices for combustion engines.  

Prof. Dudenhöffer, according to the ideas of the EU, cars should no longer emit CO2 from 2035 onwards.

Many see it as the death sentence for the burner.

Right?

It is the definitive departure into a new era. Cars without emissions, quietly, and if we can finally make it with green electricity, without damaging the climate. The internal combustion engine in the car is yesterday's world. We are going into the world of tomorrow and the faster we are, the greater the potential in Germany for the new auto industry and the jobs of the future. Those who move quickly into the future will be world market leaders in the future.

With its “Fit for 55”

*

program, the EU is not banning

the combustion engine itself, but is stipulating that cars will no longer be allowed to emit CO2 from 2035 onwards. This could also be achieved with climate-neutral e-fuels. Porsche sees great opportunities here to possibly save the combustion engine after all. Do burners still have a future thanks to e-fuels?

Many roads lead to Rome, but it makes sense to take the shortest one. Of course, we can generate hydrogen from wind power through electrolysis and then transform the hydrogen into methane and then the methane into synthetic diesel, and then burn it entirely in the internal combustion engine with an efficiency of 40 percent. Only: the energy balance is scary. In the end, 15 percent of the original wind power reaches the car. In the case of electric cars, it is 80 percent. That might make sense for jet fuel, but it is absolute nonsense for cars. Nobody would think of reintroducing steam locomotives to the railways. Electric locomotives are sexy. With lithium-ion batteries and the huge advances we will see over the next decade, fully electric cars are unbeatable. 

But many observers fear massive consequences for jobs.

How bad is it gonna be

Look, jobs are always at stake.

Now you can start five years earlier or five years later.

The world goes into the electric car, just as it was when the sailing ships or steam locomotives changed.

If we live in the past five years longer, we are missing out on the future.

Then the Chinese, Japanese or Americans will shape the technology and have built up the industry of the future.

So the question is, doesn't it make much sense to start early because the old world is lost anyway.

The EU wants to support the transformation process with social budgets.

We should take the chance.  

The foreseeable end of the combustion engine is likely to hit new car buyers in the future too, because used car prices for diesel and gasoline are slipping, right?

The longer they go into the future, the less attractive they become.

In 15 years you can still drive the cars, but refueling will hurt.

Those who only drive 5,000 kilometers per year can cope better with that than the commuter who drives 20,000 kilometers per year.

In a few years' time, commuters will increasingly rely on electric cars. 

When should you stop buying a combustion engine because the residual value will then go to zero?

In today's time of transformation, it makes a lot of sense to leave the used car or residual value risk to the professionals.

These are the leasing companies and banks.

And with the new “Auto-Abo” product, I'm even better off.

All costs - except fuel - in one monthly installment.

The risks then no longer lie with the consumer.

The model has been a successful model for company cars for 20 years.

There it is called full-service leasing.

So not only the drive changes, but also the usage behavior.

We consumers pass on the risks.

A smart step and in many cases very attractive in terms of price-value ratio, as we determine with our monthly Car-Auto-Report.

What do the EU guidelines mean for fuel prices?

The price of CO2 will drive up the price of fuel.

The price spiral is mapped out because we have to get away from the high CO2 emissions.

Of course, I can then fill up with synthetic fuel, but the bill at the refueling station is likely to be higher than with the old fuel.

The gas stations are converting.

One of the prime examples is Shell.

In the future, Shell is going to sell electricity at the "filling station" with fast chargers.

So the “gas station” may remain, but the form of energy sold is changing.

Tesla simply calls this supercharger.

* Merkur.de is part of IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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