The agreement between Germany and the EU advances to sell synthetic fuel vehicles beyond 2035
This negotiation would give synthetic fuels some scope for development, after the EU reached an agreement in February so that from 2035 only vehicles that do not emit CO2 can be sold.
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The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has assured that the negotiations between the German Government and the European Commission so that vehicles with synthetic fuels can be sold beyond 2035 are “on the right track”.
“If I have understood correctly, the talks between the Commission and the federal government, between the responsible commissioner and the responsible minister, everything is on the right track,” Scholz told the press upon arrival at the summit held today and tomorrow in Brussels. European leaders, where the matter is not part of the official agenda, but it does plan on it.
The Member States of the EU, the Commission and the European Parliament reached an agreement so that from 2035 only vehicles that do not emit CO2 can be sold in the EU, which was validated by the plenary session of the European Parliament last February.
The commitment, oriented especially towards the electric vehicle but without going into the type of motors that must be used, included an update in 2026 from the Community Executive on the synthetic fuels to leave a certain margin of development for this technology currently prohibitive but compatible with combustion engine.
But when the countries had to formally validate the agreement, Germany, the leading car manufacturer in the European Union, changed its position and now calls for more projection for synthetic fuelsWhat are they neutral in CO2 emissions well are made with hydrogen and captured carbon previously or obtained from biomass.
Germany is negotiating with the Commission the fit that synthetic fuels would have in a legislation that, however, cannot be modified as a result of these conversations and, therefore, will generally prohibit the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035 .
Source: Eitb
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