The German newspaper Der Spiegel He reported an anticipation of the decisions of the European Commission regarding the reform of the car market. The EU would have reached a compromise with the car manufacturers to allow them to continue to sell the hybrid cars after 2035 and not only the fully electrical ones.
In the new agreement also i Range Extender, Cars with small petrol engines that have the sole purpose of recharging the electric battery used for power supply. Also the E-Fuel they will be able to join the European emissions reduction project due to cars.
The EU think again: since 2035 no longer just electric cars
The decision of the European Union would arrive after the start of the discussion table with the sector ofAutomotive. Vehicle manufacturers in Europe are in great crisis due to the drop in sales, generalized to all engines. The main causes of this negative moment are the too high prices of the cars, mainly due to the increase in technological, safety and inflation equipment.
In this context, the ecological transition Very quick imposed by European regulations has further put the sector in difficulty. Volkswagen is firing hundreds of employees and plans to close establishments in Germany to sell part of Chinese companies. Stellantis struggles to resume the production levels preceding the pandemic. The competition of Chinese rivals is kept at bay only by duties.
The previous legislation provided that from 2035 in the EU they could only market fully electric cars. The new agreement instead provides for the possibility of continuing to sell those too plug-in hybrid, which therefore have the opportunity to recharge the battery through an electrical outlet. The so -called Mild hybrids therefore excluded, in which the intake of electric motors is relatively limited.
Fundamental to achieve this agreement would have been Eckart von Klaedenwhich takes care of the institutional relationships of Mercedes-Benz: “We believe that the regulation must always be open to technology, in order to allow the authorization of plug-in hybrid models and with the range extender because they are clean vehicles” has Recently declared Klaeden.
From E-Fuel to Range Extender, all the news
Within the new agreement between car manufacturers and European Commission, the Range Extender. These are solutions proposed by some Asian houses, such as Nissan and Mazda, who propose themselves to solve the problem of the autonomy of electric cars through a small combustion engine. This would not contribute directly to the movement of the car, which would be mainly electrical, but would act as a reserve, with a tank of petrol to increase autonomy.
A sort of middle ground between plug-in and electric hybrids, which would represent a new possibility for European homes. Instead of petrol, in the tanks of these cars, the E-Fuel. These are synthetic fuels obtained directly from the carbon dioxide present in the air and hydrogen produced for electrolysis.
Following precise procedures and using renewable electricity for hydrogen electrolysis, these fuels can reach zero emissions both as regards production and for combustion. THE’carbon dioxide In fact, it would not prove from the subsoil, as in the case of petrol and diesel, but would be extracted from the atmosphere itself.
