Minister of Transport: We not only need e-cars, but also climate sprit

Minister of Transport in the Bundestag

After an explosive interview, Wissing clarifies: not only e-cars, but also climate fuel

Laurence Chaperon / BMVI Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP)

According to a media report, FDP Transport Minister Volker Wissing makes synthetic fuels canceled and only wants electric cars in Germany. In the Bundestag, the minister now made it clear what his strategy is.

In the Bundestag election campaign, FDP boss Christian Lindner had very clearly advertised with technology openness: the FDP was for e-mobility, but also against a ban on new internal combustion engines-provided that they will become more climate-friendly with synthetic fuels in the future. Lindner’s party colleague and transport minister Volker Wissing now expressed in an interview with the "Daily mirror" completely different views: "We have to use the different energy sources where they are most efficient. This is the electric drive for cars", he said therefore. The EU also clearly decided on e-mobility.

E-fuel, i.e. synthetic fuels, will be needed primarily for air traffic. "For the foreseeable future, however, we will not have enough e-fuel to operate the now approved cars with an combustion engine", So continue. Representatives of electromobility interpreted this as a cancellation of Wissings to the open technology.

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In yesterday’s debate on mobility in the Bundestag, however, Wissing made it clear that the race was by no means decided in the long term. He made it clear that the traffic light coalition had 15 million electric vehicles on the streets by 2030 and therefore wanted to promote the expansion strongly. Electromobility is a "quickly available" Means of emission reduction – "If we want to reduce CO2 quickly, we have to use it more strongly", so Wissing (direct link to the question).

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However, he also said that e-fuel would have to supplement e-mobility if one wanted to achieve the self-infected climate goals: "Not only in air traffic, but also in shipping, commercial vehicles and of course also in the existing fleets of the cars. Every contribution to CO2 reduction is important. Mobility must continue to develop in the future. Using available technology should therefore never mean pronouncing new technologies. Mobility is diverse, so we cannot switch everything to a drive", so Wissing.

"Electromobility is important component"

Site asked in Wissing’s Ministry how such different statements can be made within a short time. The answer from the Ministry corresponds to Wissing’s statements in the Bundestag: "We therefore strive for at least 15 million electric cars by 2030. The short -term climate -neutral mobility in private transport is electromobility. If we push the switch, we also create our climate goals. ((…) Mobility must continue to develop in the future. That is why electricity -based fuels are an important component for air traffic, shipping, commercial vehicles and of course also in the existing fleets of the cars. Today we don’t know what technological opportunities the future offers us. Using available technologies must therefore never go hand in hand with the ban on new technologies."

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Opposition: only electrical would be "clear word breakage"

Wissing’s statements in "Daily mirror" were criticized by the opposition. The Union faction’s traffic policy spokesman, Thomas Bareib, said: "Federal Minister Wissing and the FDP say goodbye to alternative fuels and complete a change of course." This is a clear broken word. "So there is not much left. This harms Germany to the automotive location, and that harms climate protection, because the existing fleet also needs a CO2-friendly future, otherwise the high climate target cannot be created."

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The President of the Association of the Automotive Industry, Hildegard Muller, also called for Wissing the technology that promised in the election campaign. In contrast, praise came from the BUND environmental association. "Synthetic fuels are now not an option for the car with a view to energy efficiency, price and availability", said Bund Transport Policy chief Jens Hilgenberg.

Great challenges for all technologies

Germany’s largest auto club ADAC assumes that the ambitious climate goals for the traffic sector without e-fuel are unavailable. The traffic sector is considered a problem child because the emissions there only sink slowly, but rather stagnate. However, it is often forgotten that the traffic performance and the number of vehicles have increased significantly in parallel. The emissions per vehicle have therefore decreased, both through more electric vehicles and through more economical diesel and petrol engines.

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It remains unclear whether and when climatic prit can become an alternative to e-models. In fact, various companies are working on synthetic fuels worldwide – you can find an overview of the current status here. Even the Volkswagen Group, whose CEO Herbert Diess actually wants to get rid of gasoline and diesel buyers and only sell electric cars.

However, both technologies face considerable challenges in terms of emission reduction:

• Electric cars and plug-in hybrid are not only, but also very popular because of the high amounts of funding and make up almost 50 percent in new car sales. Electromobility is calculated in the EU with zero grams CO2 in the fleet billing, but this is not realistic. Because depending on the respective electricity mix, e-cars sometimes cause more emissions than combustion engineers . In addition, despite their repeatedly propagated technological superiority, Stromer are still significantly dependent on state funding and tax privileges – this ensures growing tax failures. The third problem: The expansion of the charging infrastructure happens considerably too slowly – according to the VDA automotive association, almost by a factor of 10. Minister of Transport Wissing wants to tackle this construction site as the first and significantly accelerate the expansion.
• E-fuel Again, in the opinion of most experts, there are enormous potential, but will actually not be available in sufficient quantities in the short term, but probably only in a few years. In addition, production is still too expensive, so that the climate fuel at the petrol pump is not yet competitive. For the car manufacturers, however, the problem arises that they have to know quite soon whether they can expect a mass use of e-fuel or not. Otherwise, there would be no incentive for them – at least in Europe – to rely on a different technology than on state -funded e -mobility. Because that you will pave all the ways if possible is already certain.

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Germany is still relevant at all?

Regardless of whether Germany will drive a primary electrical strategy or not – on a global scale, what happens in the German automotive sector is increasingly uninteresting. There is not only uncertainty in Germany. In China, for example, the largest automotive market in the world, the future drive strategy is still unclear. Although the Chinese adhere to electric quotas and support the growth of large electric car players such as NIO, BYD, XPENG or Tesla, but also cease state support for electric cars in 2022 .

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In addition, China could soon end the special status of the e-models, as is currently still available in the EU: "It looks as if there will be a changeover from the fuel consumption control to a CO2 control, in which electric vehicles are also counted, ”explains Jochen Siebert, Managing Director of JSC Automotive from Shanghai. However, the electric cars would lose a great advantage in all countries with many fossil energies – to which China belongs to China. China puts on strong "Greens" Hydrogen, which Europe or Japan also do. “The difference is that China no longer sees a main goal of replacing combustion engines with electric motors. We believe that the focus of the CO2 reduction on other modes of transport, industry, electricity generation, construction, the digital sector and agriculture is shifted, ”says Siebert.

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On our e-mobility portal site you will find all e-vehicles & hybrids available on the German market with technical data, prices, delivery times and model comparisons. There are ongoing insider news, tests of all important vehicles, an overview of charging stations and a range computer.

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With dpa material

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