Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Carmaker lobby ACEA wants to turn Europe’s car regulation into a “Swiss cheese — full of holes.” The car industry is demanding loopholes in the EU car CO2 law that would halve the bloc’s ambition of selling only zero-emission cars in ... [continued]
Why is allowing vehicles running on alternative fuels that have 0 emmissions a bad thing?
They need many times the amount of renewable energy to make than just driving on electricity directly, they will not exist in sufficient quantities and be prohibitively expensive. Still, the former German government negotiated for an exception for e-fuels only cars and I’m pretty certain that will come so some more idiots can be tricked into buying one before they check the prices and availability for these fuels.
Why are we all hell bent on pursuing EVs,
We are not. New vehicles will not be allowed to emit CO2 (or be fined), that’s all.
They need many times the amount of renewable energy to make than just driving on electricity directly, they will not exist in sufficient quantities and be prohibitively expensive. Still, the former German government negotiated for an exception for e-fuels only cars and I’m pretty certain that will come so some more idiots can be tricked into buying one before they check the prices and availability for these fuels.
We are not. New vehicles will not be allowed to emit CO2 (or be fined), that’s all.
Nobody is.