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Karlsruhe mechanical engineering professor: If the "combustion engine is forbidden, people will rush against the electric car" 

2022-12-19T03:58:52.937Z


Karlsruhe mechanical engineering professor: If the "combustion engine is forbidden, people will rush against the electric car"  Created: 2022-12-19 04:45 By: Julian Baumann A mechanical engineering professor from Karlsruhe is certain that the combustion engine will be needed for a long time to come. Instead of just focusing on e-cars, he insists on using climate-neutral fuels. Stuttgart/Karlsr


Karlsruhe mechanical engineering professor: If the "combustion engine is forbidden, people will rush against the electric car" 

Created: 2022-12-19 04:45

By: Julian Baumann

A mechanical engineering professor from Karlsruhe is certain that the combustion engine will be needed for a long time to come.

Instead of just focusing on e-cars, he insists on using climate-neutral fuels.

Stuttgart/Karlsruhe - A few months ago, the member states of the EU came to an agreement to only allow climate-neutral new cars from 2035.

On paper, the car manufacturers have to prove with their new brands that the models do not harm the environment, but in fact the decision almost means the ban on conventional combustion engines.

The big German car companies have already decided to end combustion engine production anyway.

Mercedes-Benz wants to build exclusively electric cars from 2030 and VW has set this goal for 2033, reports

BW24

.

Despite the EU's decision and the industry's focus on the production of e-cars, not everyone sees the combustion engine as a phase-out model.

Bosch boss Stefan Hartung has already made it clear that cars with combustion engines will continue to exist.

This is also the opinion of Thomas Koch, engine expert and mechanical engineering professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Instead of just concentrating on the production of e-cars, combustion engines that run on climate-neutral fuels should continue to be used, he said in an interview with Daniel Gräber from the

Cicero Economy Podcast

.

E-cars and synthetic fuels: openness to technology for CO₂-neutral transport

The debate as to whether only electric models will be allowed in the future, or also those powered by synthetic fuels - so-called e-fuels - has been going on for a long time.

Mercedes works council chief Ergun Lümali finally called on politicians to make a clear statement about the drive of the future.

Mechanical engineering professor Thomas Koch, on the other hand, continued to advocate openness to technology in the

Cicero Podcast

, since e-cars alone are not the solution.

Combustion engines with climate-neutral fuels in addition to e-mobility are the best way to achieve the major goal of CO₂-neutral road traffic.

The future of Porsche is electric.

However, customers are also interested in synthetic fuels.

© Julian Baumann/BW24

The engineer from Karlsruhe clearly criticized the fact that the EU wants to de facto ban new vehicles with combustion engines from 2035 with its decision.

Environmental protection organizations would have exerted influence on the decision to the detriment of e-fuels through lobbying.

"This is not only hostile to technology, it is an active climate protection prevention policy," said Thomas Koch.

In the podcast, he even goes so far as to accuse the lobby organizations of aiming to completely abolish the car.

"On the day when the combustion engine is banned, there will also be agitation against the electric car," he made clear.

"Because we don't have nearly enough green electricity.

That will still be the case in 2035.”

Karlsruhe mechanical engineering professor criticizes politics: decision “against the majority of people”

According to the mechanical engineering professor from Karlsruhe, the lobbyists and environmentalists are obviously not interested in following an optimal CO₂-minimised path into the future.

However, he believes that synthetic and biological fuels could make car traffic CO₂-neutral.

However, when deciding on the powertrain of the future, not everyone was against synthetic fuels.

Bosch CEO Markus Heyn warned against making the same mistakes with electric cars as with gas and also advocated openness to technology.

In German politics, too, there were supporters of a special regulation for internal combustion engines powered by synthetic fuels as part of the decision.

Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) said: "The market should decide on the future of the combustion engine." In this context, Porsche and VW boss Oliver Blume has also come under criticism.

He is said to have influenced the decision in favor of e-fuels, as Porsche has been researching synthetic fuels for a long time.

However, the finance minister and the Porsche boss rejected these allegations.

Mechanical engineering professor Thomas Koch criticized German and European politics in the

Cicero Podcast

because they no longer have an eye on the interests of normal earners due to the ban on internal combustion engines.

It was a decision "against the majority of the people, against the people with a moderate, small income who keep the country afloat".

The Karlsruhe engineer is addressing a point that has already been criticized by the ADAC.

E-cars are getting bigger and more expensive and are therefore a "niche product for high earners," wrote the automobile club.

Source: merkur

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