The European Union’s decision that from 2035, new cars with internal combustion engines can only be sold if they use synthetic fuels, is not considered a good thing by everyone. The chairman of the management board of BMW, Oliver Zipse, is against the categorical ban of ICE, he believes that this is a false solution due to the high development costs.

Zipse believes that lawmakers shouldn’t rush with shutting down internal combustion engines. Instead, the EU should encourage the adoption of low-CO2 fuels as soon as possible. Not only for new cars but also for the existing fleet, because there are over 250 million cars in 27 EU countries.

He also criticizes the European Commission for the lack of decisions and the lack of investment in synthetic fuels by the European Union. “At the moment there are many indications that the European Commission is looking for a false solution whereby the ban on internal combustion engines is relaxed through an obviously misleading solution in the form of synthetic fuels,” Zipse said.

His proposal is to increase investment in infrastructure across Europe to manufacture and sell synthetic fuel engines if they are seen as the solution for the near future.

Source: BMW