European Commission proposes to ban the manufacture of internal combustion cars from 2035

While he is known the idea of ​​ending the life cycle of internal combustion engines over the next two decades, the proposal of the European Commission this wednesday, as part of “Fit For 55” plan (suitable for 55 in English), he was energetic. According to its president, Ursula von der Leyen, “The era of fossil fuels is over.

The call European Green Agreement (European Green Deal) aims to reduce by 2030 carbon dioxide emissions 55% compared to today, while by 2035, these must be 0%, i.e. no CO2 emissions which cannot be absorbed by nature.

“20% of our emissions continue to come from our roads”said the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina valean, while placing particular emphasis on the fact that the agency does not plan to stop promoting the movement industry.

This measure announced in Brussels, clearly will strongly affect the automotive industry, who enters frank change towards cars that reduce emissions, but now find a hardening more than expected. Indeed, the main European companies in the sector are negotiating a relaxation of the Euro 7 standard, who must enter in force in 2027 but it will be approved in 2025. This regulation is already putting many of these companies in difficulty, in particular for the manufacture of small and medium-sized cars, due to its high cost to be able to comply with the requirement of the standard which I would withdraw them from the market, as industry leaders have stated.

The Green Pact announced, ban the manufacture of all vehicles which generate the combustion of carbon dioxide since 2035including petrol or petrol and diesel engines, but also hybrids of all kinds. They will only remain in circulation from this moment, those that were made before from this date, those who they should close their doors for good by 2050. By then, Europe wants to announce that it will be the first continent to stop emitting greenhouse gases.

the palliative or complementary measures of this decision include subsidies for the cost of electricity Yes increase in fuels derived from hydrocarbons. VShow the plan is oriented stimulate the use of electric cars and the use of hydrogen for the media heavy land, sea and air transport, the legislative project establishes that from 2035 there is a position of electric charging every 60 kilometers on major axes and hydrogen every 150 kilometers.

But European Commission go further. Because in addition to prohibiting the manufacture, to pretend that countries that do not have a strong environmental commitment, manifested and regulated against greenhouse gas emissions, cannot enter the European community with their products. To date, this would leave this consumer market estimated at 450 million inhabitants, vehicles manufactured in United States and those who come from asian market, which are not electric, which has already elicited the first reactions. In fact, the This prevé before reaching the point of prohibition, high tariffs on imports cars from the markets that do not have the same environmental policy, in order to make the activity unprofitable for these producers.

What is striking is that there is no mention in the documents, nor in the presentation that was made in Brussels, synthetic fuels, also known as e-Fuelexcept optional for air travel. Synthetic fuel is a type of liquid fuel, very similar to the one we know which is obtained from available raw materials What sustainable biomass, biological waste, captured CO2 and water, reduce the use of fossil fuels.

Yes OK the reason seems to be in the high cost development, such a long term plan as it is almost ten years for the first reduction step, and 15 years for the total ban on internal combustion engines, could include this alternative. In fact, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) has just announced that it will deliver to manufacturers of Formula 1 engines, a first set of e-Fuel so that their tests for its implementation in the new regulation of engines that will replace the current one, in which a gasoline internal combustion engine coexists with a regenerative electric motor.

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