“Stellantis Tests E-Fuels in 28 Engines to Combat Climate Change – A Promising Alternative to EVs”

One of the world’s largest car concerns, Stellantis, like Volkswagen, obviously sees the future and application of so-called synthetic fuels, or “e-fuels”. The automaker is conducting an extensive test program, testing a total of 28 internal combustion engines – both gasoline and diesel – produced between 2014 and engines that will be in service until 2029.

The tests evaluate the amount of emissions, engine power parameters, engine durability, as well as the impact on the engine oil and fuel system. Stellantis emphasizes that this is one of the ways to fight climate change and reduce the amount of harmful emissions – the manufacturer states that between 2025 and 2050 it would allow to reduce the amount of harmful emissions generated in Europe by 400 million tons, counting only the Stellantis concern manufactured machines alone. The concern sees it as an alternative for people who live in places where the charging infrastructure for electric cars is not sufficiently developed or for other reasons the operation of such cars is significantly difficult.

This announcement follows just a few weeks after the European Union officially confirmed that new cars with internal combustion engines will be able to be sold in Europe after 2035 if they run on synthetic fuel. It is clear that Stellantis will not carry out such large-scale testing just like that – the company sees considerable potential in it. So far, the Volkswagen concern has invested significantly in synthetic fuels, opening a pilot plant in Chile. Volkswagen hopes to be able to produce 145 million gallons of synthetic fuel by 2027, but that’s still a drop in the ocean compared to total global fuel consumption — the U.S. alone consumes 134 billion gallons of fuel per year.