one of europes core climate change policies on hold and surprised other policymakers because eu countries and lawmakers had already agreed the law last year alongside germany and italy countries including the czech republic and poland have expressed concerns about the law raising the possibility of enough support to block it but other eu lawmakers and diplomats warn that allowing one country to torpedo an alreadyagreed law would endanger other carefully negotiated deals on eu policies free democratic party member wissing said the use of efuels should remain possible after 2035 and a promised european commission proposal on this was still missing in response the european commission has drafted a proposal seen by reuters to allow carmakers to register new cars in the eu that can run on climate neutral efuels only that could be a first step towards allowing their sale after 2035 the draft proposal said vehicles must use technology that would prevent the car from starting if it used noncarbonneutral fuels the international council on clean transportation said it was doubtful technologies would be able to sense whether a vehicle is operating on pure efuels or a blend with fossil fuels since efuels have very similar properties to the fossil fuels they are designed to replace an eu official told reuters any new proposal would be made only after countries approve the combustion engine phaseout germanys transport ministry said it was examining the draft proposal what do companies want big auto component suppliers in germany such as bosch zf and mahle are members of the efuel alliance an industry lobby group as are oil and gas majors from exxonmobil to repsol carmakers such as piech porsche and mazda are broadly supportive of the technology porsche holds a stake in efuel producer hif global bmw has invested 125 million in efuel startup prometheus fuels while also investing billions in batteryelectric technology other carmakers including volkswagen and mercedesbenz are betting on batteryelectric vehicles to decarbonise volvo and ford this week urged eu countries not to row back on the 2035 phaseout of new petrol and diesel cars read alsokarnataka govt clears investment proposals worth more than inr 75000 crore including foxconns projecthuge phillips 66 biofuels project will test the industrys green promisesamplus solar to set up multiple distributed green hydrogen plants in andhra pradeshopinion its critical that evs be fuelled by renewables reuters published on mar 22 2023 at 0128 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app e