No combustion engine phase-out means up to 20 percent more costs for drivers
Specifically, this means that diesel or gasoline could become up to 285 euros more expensive per year for consumers, it says. Overall, Greenpeace expects additional costs in the EU to reach the triple-digit billion range.
Background of the Greenpeace Calculation
The background of the calculation is the assumption that the EU wants to meet its climate targets. If the so-called combustion engine phase-out is reversed, more expensive e-fuels will be needed, according to Greenpeace. These synthetic fuels can be climate-friendly if produced correctly, but they require a lot of energy in production.
For the calculation, Greenpeace relies, among other things, on a study commissioned by an association of the mineral oil industry, which deals with the price development of fuels.
Alliance Against Combustion Engine Phase-Out
At the opening of the IAA Mobility, politicians and industry called for changes to the planned ban on combustion engines. "One-sided political commitments to specific technologies are fundamentally the wrong economic policy path, not only for this industry," said Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Hildegard Müller, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), also called for a reality check and a course correction in EU climate policy towards the automotive industry - regarding the ban on new combustion engines from 2035.
Availability of E-Fuels
Greenpeace doubts that sufficient quantities of e-fuels will be available at all. The background is that synthetic fuels are also needed for shipping and aviation. Whether enough affordable e-fuels can be produced for private cars is questionable.
The EU decision on phasing out combustion engines stipulates that from 2035, no new cars with petrol or diesel engines may be registered in order to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector. The EU Commission is currently consulting with the European automotive industry on the challenges facing the industry.
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