Italy asks European Council for early review of CO2 targets On September 26, the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy participated in the Competitiveness Council of the European Union in Brussels and presented the guidelines of the Italian proposal for a new European industrial policy. He supported the introduction of a “European Automotive Act”, highlighting the need for the European Commission to move the review clause of the CO2 regula...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/27

Idemitsu Kosan jointly invests in US-based e-Fuels company HIF with Japanese government agency Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu Kosan) announced that it will jointly invest in HIF Global (HIF), a US-based e-Fuels company, with the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), a Japanese government agency. Idemitsu Kosan will, in cooperation with the government agency, step up efforts to build a supply chain of e-Fuels, a carbon ne...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/23

Hengst to present innovative products for liquid and air filtration at IAA Transportation On August 1, Hengst announced that it will present innovative products to reduce environmental and air pollution at the IAA Transportation.  For cabin air, it will present innovative Blue.ion. cabin air filter. It achieves its filtering effect through a combination of ionization of the particles in the airflow and polarization of the Filter medium. It has a...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/05

European Commission president reconfirms ban on ICE cars by 2035 On July 18, multiple sources reported that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen stated that the EU will maintain its policy to ban sales of new CO2-emitting cars by 2035. She stated that after her re-election to the presidency. However, she also hinted that e-fuels should play a role in the transport sector beyond 2035. Based on multiple sources ...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/19

Renault and Geely establish HORSE Powertrain Limited for hybrid and combustion technologies On May 31, Renault Group established HORSE Powertrain Limited (HORSE) with Geely Holding Group, and Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (collectively referred to above as Geely) based on the joint venture agreement on July 11, 2023. Each company will hold a 50% stake, and the JV will be headquartered in London, UK. HORSE aims to achieve decarbonization throu...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/31

VDA, Germany welcomes Federal Immission Control Ordinance and Clean Vehicles Procurement Act On March 22, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) informed that the Federal Council had passed the 10th Federal Immission Control Ordinance and the Clean Vehicle Procurement Act. In the future, consumers will be able to use clean diesel fuels from exclusively renewable sources, such as HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oils) and e-fuels (acco...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/29

Mercedes-Benz Group Financial Results 2023 and Q&A: slow down electrification plan On February 22, at 09:00 am CET, Mercedes-Benz Group started the Annual Results conference. The event was broadcast from Mercedes-Benz’s Global Training Center in Stuttgart. Olla Källenius (Chairman of the  Board Management) and Harald Wilhem (Finance & Controlling / Mercedes-Benz Mobility) conducted the presentation and answered the questions posed by the Ana...

News  Updated at: 2024/02/26

Tri Petch Isuzu Sales (Thailand), PTT, Mitsubishi Corp. collaborate on carbon neutrality Announced on December 15, 2023, Tri Petch Isuzu Sales Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan), and PTT Public Company Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly conduct a clean energy vehicle testing project, aiming to reach carbon neutrality.   Isuzu electric trucks will be tested, running on electricity generated from 100% renewable ene...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/19

Fuel cell manufacturer Blue World, Denmark raises funding On December 5, Blue World Technologies announced that Maersk Growth, the venture arm of A.P. Moller – Maersk participates in a EUR 11 million pre-C-round alongside the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), Cycle Group, and other new and existing shareholders. The financing round was announced during COP28 in Dubai. The Blue World methanol fuel cells enable efficient conversion of...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/06

LMC Automotive blog: Imagining Korean automotive decarbonisation in 2099 When it comes to what fuel powers their cars, Korean drivers embrace diversity. At the time of writing, in Korea, more than 98% of vehicles in operation are powered by a range of commercialised fossil fuels including gasoline, diesel, LPG, CNG and hybrid (fossil fuel + electricity) while roughly 2% of them are zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), fully powered by electricity or hy...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/22

Renault Group demonstrates its decarbonization plan at ChangeNOW Summit On June 2, Renault Group announced it's actively reducing its carbon footprint for over a decade, recognizing the need to address global warming beyond electric vehicles alone. The company focuses on the entire vehicle life cycle, aiming for a closed-loop system from material extraction to recycling. At the ChangeNOW, an international sustainable innovations forum dedicated t...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/05

LMC Automotive blog: Will the EU’s 2035 ban on ICE light vehicles impact total vehicle sales? All new cars and vans sold in the EU from 2035 must effectively be zero-emission vehicles (ZEV), except for e-fuels and low-volume automakers. However, given that only 12% of new Light Vehicles (LVs) sold in the EU last year were ZEV and with the variation between those markets being wide, the question arises of whether the proposal is realistically at...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/24

Japanese government’s public-private strategy council prepares report to facilitate introduction of synthetic fuel Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced an interim report that is prepared by a public-private strategy council to facilitate the introduction of synthetic fuel (e-fuel). The council has accelerated the commercialization from the present 2040 to the early 2030s. METI will support investment in plant a...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/18

LMC Automotive blog: Ready, Set, Go! Can China be caught in the BEV race? China has taken an early and substantial lead in becoming a battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturing superpower, producing just under two-thirds of all global BEVs in 2022. In a distant second place is Europe followed more closely by North America, accounting for 17% and 11% of global BEV build in 2022, respectively. Given these figures you would be forgiven for thinkin...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/11

European Council adopts regulation on CO2 emissions for new cars and vans On March 28, European Council adopted a regulation setting stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans. The new rules set the targets - 55% CO2 emission reductions for new cars and 50% for new vans from 2030 to 2034 compared to 2021 levels; and 100% CO2 emission reductions for both new cars and vans from 2035.A regulatory incentive mechanism for zero- ...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/29

Germany and EU Commission reach agreement for combustion engines with CO2 -neutral fuels On March 24, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) announced that the Federal Government and the EU Commission reached an agreement for combustion engines with CO2 -neutral fuels. This paves the way for vehicles with combustion engines that only use CO2 -neutral fuels to be newly registered after 2035. In the first step, an e-fuels-only veh...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/27

LMC Automotive blog: Will Europe’s BEV market be derailed by e-fuels? Following intense lobbying from some of Germany’s premium vehicle makers and the prospect of the EU’s flagship 2035 zero CO2 vehicle policy being scuppered at the final hurdle by abstention from Germany and pushback from Italy, it seems that e-fuels will be allowed to form part of the powertrain mix for new Light Vehicles (LVs) in the EU and EU+ markets beyond 2035. Surel...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/27

VDA Germany advocates climate-neutral fuels On February 28, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) announced that the political decision by the coalition to allow vehicles to be refueled with largely climate-neutral fuels such as e-fuels and HVO fuels in their pure form is good news for climate protection. Now the 10th Federal Immission Control Ordinance must be promptly adjusted to include the European standard EN 15940.On March...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/06

LMC Automotive blog: Europe’s EV platform strategy: flexible, focused, or both! In June 2022, the EU Council confirmed that the sale of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars and vans will be prohibited in the region from 2035, pending a discussion on ICE models using e-fuels. Nevertheless, this will effectively be a deadline for the ending of the sale and build of ICE Light Vehicles (LVs) in Europe. As a result, developing soon-to-be-redundant ...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/01

Garrett Motion to present new E-Boosting technologies at IAA Transportation Garrett Motion Inc. (Garrett Motion) announced that it will present cutting-edge electric-boosting (E-Boosting) technologies at IAA Transportation. The display includes Garrett’s award-winning 48-volt E-Turbo, advanced E-Compressor for hybrid vehicles, and its new-generation modular hydrogen fuel cell electric compressor for light commercial vehicles (400-volt) and med...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/19