Combustion

UC Riverside engineers have created a unique liquid fuel that ignites solely through electric current, enhancing safety by eliminating accidental fire risks. This innovative fuel, based on modified ionic liquid, enables controlled combustion and could potentially revolutionize vehicle safety, though further research and cost considerations are necessary. Firefighters extinguishing flames at a gas station. Credit: Thomas HawkChemical engineers at UC Riverside have developed a unique liquid fuel that requires an electric…

Bhopal Airport (Photo: Bhopal Airport)The AAI asked the airport authorities to start replacing the vehicles with with EVs.In a move to contribute to a pollution-free environment, and make the campus a zero carbon emission zone, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) in Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj airport introduced two electric vehicles.It is said that airports are the major producers of carbon emissions as they operate on heavy energy consumption. In order to adapt to the transition of EVs, they are putting all the possible…

VW brand chief Thomas Schäfer said that recent discussion over an e-fuel exception to EU’s 2035 gas car ban is “unnecessary noise” and that “by 2035 are over anyway,” in a recent interview with Automotive News Europe. The interview mostly covered European topics, such as the availability of Volkswagen’s upcoming EVs in Europe. But the VW executive also spoke forcefully about electrification being a no-brainer. The EU was recently about to finalize a plan to ban new internal combustion…

Luxury carmakers’ push for synthetic e-fuels has weakened the European Union’s plan to get internal combustion engines off the road in the future. After weeks of delay, the Council of the European Union adopted regulations today to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from new cars and vans by 2035. That would have amounted to an effective ban on cars with internal combustion engines (ICE) if not for a last-minute update that carves out an exemption for ICE cars that swap out gasoline for e-fuels. E-fuel is a synthetic…

Internal combustion engines are running on borrowed time. The European Union approved on Monday a deal that will lead to the phaseout of sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, with a final green light by energy ministers due on Tuesday. The 27-nation bloc joins more than a dozen other nations which…

The European Union has agreed to make a carveout for synthetic fuels in its proposed 2035 ban on the sale of new combustion engine cars. Per the , the bloc made a deal with Germany on Saturday to allow automakers to sell new ICE cars past 2035, provided those vehicles run on climate-neutral fuels only. The agreement ends a dispute that had threatened to scuttle the EU’s signature climate change policy. At the start of March, the European Parliament that would have codified the proposed ban after Germany, with , said it…

Following talks that carried late into Friday evening, representatives from both the EU and member state Germany have relayed that an agreement has been reached in the proposed 2035 ban of new combustion vehicle sales that will now include exceptions for e-fuels. After 2035, some combustion vehicles can still be sold, as long as they run entirely on carbon-neutral fuel alternatives. We don’t feel the need to give you the full recap, because we’ve been updating this ongoing saga of the EU…

Following a meeting amongst transport ministers from several EU countries on Monday, Germany has now formed an alliance with Italy and additional territories in Eastern Europe in opposing the commission’s proposed ban on combustion cars by 2035 until exemptions are added for vehicles propelled entirely by carbon-neutral e-fuels. The saga continues. Throughout 2022, European Parliament, the commission, and EU members worked through months of negotiations before finally agreeing to enact a…

The saga of getting the EU’s proposed ban on sales of new combustion cars by 2035 continues, and more details are in limbo than ever. Following Germany’s abrupt opposition to the ban ahead of its final vote (a mere formality) last week, the EU Commission has declared plans to include a role for e-fuels in the future with hopes it will be enough to regain Germany’s blessing. Here’s the latest. The executive arm of the EU appears to be willing to play ball with Germany – a massive automotive…

Germany has unexpectedly objected to the EU’s planned vote to officially ban combustion vehicles by 2035, questioning its support for the law and how it will affect the industry, particularly by not properly explaining how the use of e-fuels will be regulated. European Parliament, Commission, and EU members worked through months of negotiations last year before agreeing to a potentially groundbreaking law that would ban the sale of new combustion cars by 2035. Since the announcement of the…