VW won't follow sister company Porsche into e-fuels
, the brand executive said e-fuels create “unnecessary noise” in the discussions on moving to a fossil fuel-free future in Europe.’s internal combustion vehicles exist to earn money for the automaker’s shift to full electrification. Though e-fuels could help reduce carbon emissions, he doesn’t feel they are a worthy alternative to EVs, saying, “They have a role to play in existing fleets, but won’t replace EVs. That’s complete nonsense. Look at the physics of making e-fuels.
Though the manufacturing process uses renewable energy and e-fuels are considered carbon neutral, cars that run on them still produce emissions. The claim is that the carbon produced during operation is offset by the captured carbon used to manufacture the fuel, but there are other byproducts, including nitrogen oxides.
The European Union wants to ban the sale of new internal combustion vehicles by the middle of the next decade, but Germany and
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