On Thursday, Stellantis stated it was testing 28 engine types utilizing synthetic e-fuels from renewable energy to decarbonize its European models.
Stellantis (STLAM.MI) assessed tailpipe emissions, engine power, and oil dilution in 28 million cars from 2014 through 2029.
“The broad adoption of eFuels would offer customers with existing internal combustion engine vehicles an easy and affordable option to decarbonise their vehicles,” it claimed.
After the 2035 phase-out of carbon dioxide-emitting cars, the EU authorized combustion engines using e-fuels to be sold.
Due to e-fuel’s restricted availability and high cost, Germany’s exception was praised for maintaining technological independence but criticized as a dangerous loophole for combustion engines that pollute.
By 2030, Stellantis will sell entirely battery-electric cars.
The e-fuels vote did not change the company’s electrification plan, but it demonstrated that the “dogmatic approach” was unpopular, CEO Carlos Tavares said in late March. Instead, he said the industry must prove carbon neutrality.
The European Commission has until autumn to suggest how to transition combustion engine vehicles built after 2035 to e-fuels with industry representatives.
On Wednesday, Chevron Corp (CVX.N) and Exxon Mobil Corp said they were road-testing renewable fuel mixtures but needed government support to make them affordable.
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