Matt Prior
TESTER’S NOTES
Synthetic carbon-neutral fuel production needs to be scaled up, and fast
E lements of the German car industry pushed hard last year for ICE cars to be allowed to remain on sale in the EU after 2035 – and they got their way, provided such cars use only carbon-neutral fuels.
But that might not be enough, said BMW Group CEO Oliver Zipse. Unless the EU accelerates the availability of such fuels, it will amount to “a deliberate ban on [ICEs] through the back door”.
The problem here (if you want to perceive it as such) is that the car industry is, despite what some will tell you, actually moving quickly. Too quickly for synthetic e-fuels to arrive in large quantities and at sensible cost.