The EU needs a more flexible approach to transport defossilisation
ePURE's David Carpintero writes in The Parliament magazine: "Since the start of the new European Parliament and Commission a lot of media headlines have focused on the upcoming revision of the EU’s CO2 for Cars Regulation – and whether this will slow down the drive to de-fossilise road transport.
"Actually, the opposite is true. A more flexible approach that takes into account proven greenhouse-gas-reduction solutions such as renewable ethanol will make these decarbonisation goals easier to achieve. There’s still a way to make this work.
"Up until now, the European Commission has bet on one technology for de-fossilising road transport: electrification. That has proven politically and logistically complicated, as European citizens continue to be wary of buying battery electric vehicles and Member States seek more flexiblity in how they achieve GHG-reduction ambitions.
"The fact is the EU needs more than one solution for reducing GHG emissions from cars: electrification, yes, but also sustainable renewable fuels that deliver proven results now. This includes EU renewable ethanol, which lowers GHG emissions by more than 79% on average compared to fossil petrol and works in today's petrol and hybrid cars and infrastructure."
