As of: March 7, 2024, 4:30 p.m
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Internal combustion engines seemed to be on their last legs.
A vote by the EU Parliament becomes a chance for the future.
Because electricity is becoming a problem for electric cars.
Actually, the days of the combustion engine seemed to be numbered long ago.
From 2035, the EU only wanted to sell new cars that do not emit any greenhouse gases during operation.
In short: electric cars!
De facto, the plans are a ban on combustion engines, which could now be overturned, as
Merkur.de
writes.
On March 4th, the EU Parliament approved a Commission proposal that stipulates that electric cars will no longer automatically be considered climate-neutral vehicles.
According to the Kronen Zeitung,
this regulation affects
all companies in Europe that have to declare a CO₂ footprint for transport services - whether rail, air or road.
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Gasoline and diesel have a better CO₂ balance than electricity
What is also new is that real values for the CO₂ content of the electricity used must be taken into account.
This also includes losses during transmission and conversion.
And the specified reference data looks anything but good for the electric car.
Electric cars are currently considered climate neutral.
A parliamentary resolution is now changing that.
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Only gray hydrogen, which is obtained from natural gas using a lot of energy, has a worse CO₂ balance than electricity.
Even gasoline and diesel perform better overall than electricity.
“This is intended to ensure that there is openness to technologies and choice for consumers,” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the
Kronen Zeitung.
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Pressure from Germany: EU has been planning an exception for e-fuels since 2023
The Austrian newspaper speaks of the German EU politician falling over.
And
Bild
also writes about a “political U-turn”.
Competition from China, which is flooding the market with cheap electric cars, is cited as possible reasons.
But the plan to review the end of combustion engines in 2026 based on current data should also play a role.
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This role backwards already existed to a certain extent last year.
Under pressure from the federal government, combustion engines powered by e-fuels were included as an exception.
The truth is that there has recently been more and more support for the combustion engine from the industry.
Mercedes boss Ola Källenius explained that he didn't yet know when the last combustion engine would be built.
And Bosch also continues to rely on diesel and gasoline engines because the transformation to electromobility could take decades.
However, with a view to increasing digitalization and autonomous driving, the change is unlikely to happen.