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21
Jun
2024

E-fuels: as much import as necessary, as sustainable as possible

This year's "International E-Fuels Dialogue" organized by the German Federal Ministry of Transport took place in the run-up to ILA Berlin and rightly focussing on the use of e-fuels in [...]

06
May
2024

How to Make CO2 a Hard Currency in Fight Against Global Warming

The automotive industry needs global standards for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of supply chains, say Thomas Becker and Christian Hochfeld. The current carbon accounting system, [...]

29
Apr
2021

Newspeak on wheels

An attempt to redefine the notion of efficiency to bolster the case for synthetic fuels is simply a smokescreen to hide the truth: that BEVs are far more efficient.

10
Feb
2020

Making the car CO₂ standards fit for the electric age

Under the current fleet standard regulation, the allowed emissions of combustion-powered cars are getting out of control as more and more zero emission vehicles enter the fleet.

17
Apr
2019

Why we need rules for the efficiency of electric vehicles

Electric vehicles are not automatically eco-friendly so they must be regulated. This concerns more than just CO2.

06
Feb
2019

A climate policy cul-de-sac

Why the granting of carbon credits to manufacturers when cars run on e-fuels would weaken climate efforts

29
Jan
2019

Katowice Affirms Importance of Globally Transforming Transport

The transport sector finally takes centre stage in climate debates