How fair is the EU’s existing CO2 measurement methodology for electric cars compared to combustion cars?
According to a new legal opinion by Professor Martin Kment (Institute for Environmental Law, University of Augsburg), it is clearly not only unjust, but even illegal!
According to presse-augsburg.de:
“Brussels’ current measurement method only records part of a car’s emissions, the exhaust gases. She ignores everything else, from the environmental damage caused by the mining of lithium for batteries to the generation of electricity for electric cars. Kment advocates a different approach: recording emissions over the entire life cycle of a car, from construction to scrapping. According to Kment, e-fuel burners are no dirtier than battery-powered cars, on the contrary.”
Good to know:
Combustion engines can already be refueled easily and quickly with modern, alternative fuels such as eFuels and HVO100 with significantly reduced CO₂ emissions.
Our recommendation: Simply remain open to technology and let the market decide, rather than simply imposing unjust bans from above.
