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BERLIN/BRUSSELS, March 21 (Reuters) – Europe The European Commission has drawn up a plan to allow the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines that run only on climate-neutral e-fuels in a bid to settle a row with Germany over EU withdrawal. The number of cars with combustion engines from 2035.
A draft proposal seen by Reuters on Tuesday Europe The creation of a new category of vehicles in the Union for cars that can run only on carbon neutral fuel offer does.
The draft states that such vehicles would have to use technology that would prevent them from operating if they used other fuels. It said it would include a “refueling system” to stop the car from starting if it is refueled with non-carbon neutral fuel.
Offer car to manufacturers to continue selling fuel-powered vehicles after 2035 route offer could, which is the date for a planned EU law to ban the sale of new CO2-emitting cars.
After months of negotiations, EU countries and the European parliament they agreed on the law last year. But Germany’s Transport Ministry is days away from a final vote that will see the law come into force this month last minute surprised other countries by expressing their objections.
The main demand of the ministry is that the EU allows the sale of new cars running on electronic fuel after 2035. It was not possible to get a comment from the ministry.
A spokesman for the commission declined to comment on the draft document, but cited comments from EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans who said last week that any solution must be consistent with the 2035 phase-out law agreed last year.
“Negotiations between the Commission and the German authorities are ongoing,” the spokesman said.
An EU official told Reuters on Monday that any proposal to register e-fuel vehicles would come only after the fuel engine phase-out law is finally passed.
E-fuels are made by synthesizing CO2 emissions and hydrogen from CO2-free electricity.
They are not yet mass produced. A study published on Tuesday by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research found that planned e-fuel projects around the world are only expected to outpace Germany’s demand for e-fuels in aviation, shipping and chemicals over the next few years. 10It will produce enough fuel to pay the %.
Germany’s transport ministry said on Monday that talks with the Commission on the planned end of new fuel engines from 2035 were progressing, but could not say when an agreement might be reached.
Reporting by Markus Wacket and Kate Abnett Writing by Riham Alkousaa Editing by Rachel More and Mark Potter
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2023-03-21 18:18:04
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