Blog

BMW also relies on HVO100
Is the topic of “synthetic fuels” really just a pipe dream – as some critics and the media still stubbornly claim today? Of course: NO!

Successful end to the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup season
Sustainable thinking and motorsport – do they really go together? Of course: YES! After 2024, all racing engines of the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup

Conference of Minister Presidents: federal states demand relaxation of the ban on combustion engines
Do our national governments really still support the current EU ban on combustion engines from 2035? Since last Friday, the answer has been quite clear:

KlimaBenzin during the performance check at Harley Davidson
Question: Are there differences in performance between the synthetic fuel KlimaBenzin 95 and conventional fossil fuels? The answer from the motorcycle enthusiasts at Harley-Davidson Braunschweig

Technology openness instead of a one-way street – Fuels Forum welcomes the German government’s signal for technology openness
Can eFuels make an equivalent contribution to CO2-neutral mobility – just like electromobility? Of course YES! This is precisely why we at the eFuels Forum

Car summit: eFuels Forum welcomes the German government’s signal for technological openness
Hoya, 20 October 2025 – Technology openness instead of a one-way street: The eFuels Forum sees the German government’s change of course as an important signal to Brussels – and calls for eFuels to finally be recognized as an equal contribution to CO2-neutral mobility.

eFuels to be used at BMW
Are eFuels really not an issue for our German car industry – as many critics and the media keep claiming? Of course DO! On Monday,

BMW Group, LOTHER and German eFuel One sign LOI for the use of eFuels as first fill
A great day for the topic of synthetic fuels: Today, the BMW Group, Lother Group and German eFuel One, to which some of our eFuels

Chancellor Merz: “No ban on combustion engines from 2035”
Should the existing ban on combustion engines from 2035 really be overturned now? In view of the current statements by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU)

eFuels Forum at the ADAC Racing Weekend
For all those who want to experience top-class motorsport up close: Friday and Saturday / October 11/12 we will be at the ADAC RacingWeekend at

Employers’ association also warns of combustion engine phase-out
Is the goal of only allowing purely electric cars really “unfortunately unrealistic”, as Lower Saxony’s Minister President Olaf Lies (SPD) recently publicly stated? Of course

eFuels Forum calls for life cycle approach
Is the current EU measurement methodology or EU CO₂ new emissions assessment, which is used as the basis for regulating limit values for combustion engines

Baden-Württemberg launches action plan for electricity-based fuels
Is the current EU policy or the European regulatory framework for refuels/eFuels currently more conducive or inhibiting? Unfortunately rather inhibiting! This is precisely why, according

Strange study on HVO by the lobby group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH)
Does the new study by the lobby organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) really portray “climate diesel” HVO correctly? Experts have looked at them and say: unfortunately

EVP leader Weber against the end of combustion engines
Are all EU politicians really in favor of phasing out combustion engines from 2035? Of course: NO! The trend is going in exactly the opposite

Minister President Lies in favor of turning away from combustion engines
Is the withdrawal of the EU ban on combustion from 2035 really just a conservative-liberal fantasy from yesterday? Of course: NO! The politically conservative and

eFuels Forum: Flexibility is not enough – climate targets can only be achieved with genuine technology openness and a life cycle approach
In recent days, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and EPP leader Manfred Weber have announced important course corrections in the European regulation of fleet limits for vehicle drives. The eFuels Forum welcomes these signals, but warns that climate targets in the transport sector can only be achieved sustainably with genuine openness to technology and regulation based on the accounting of new CO2 emissions throughout the life cycle.

Successful eFuels performance test at the TJC in Salzburg
Another very successful performance check of synthetic fuels at the TOURENWAGEN JUNIOR CUP in Salzburg! Already in its second season, the eFuel produced by our

CSU leader Markus Söder wants to overturn EU combustion ban
Is our “all-electric” strategy in the transport transition really still up to date? According to the Tagesspiegel, CSU leader Markus Söder says quite clearly: NO

Pioneering work: CO₂ capture and storage in the North Sea
What actually happens to the remaining CO₂ that cannot yet be avoided in the production of modern fuels, for example? The answer is carbon capture

Synthetic fuel from the offshore wind farm
Is there a way to produce synthetic fuels off-grid, modularly and on the high seas? The answer to this question is currently being researched! On

Focus on eMobility wrong?
Is our domestic car crisis really self-made? According to the YouTube article “Porsche – The great car crisis” by Car-News.TV, it’s clear: YES! To the

Opel puts an end to the “pure electric brand” path
Is our controversial “all-electric” strategy really still up to date? Apparently: NO!!! Because even the “courageous” pioneer in electrification Opel is now rowing back on

Mammoet relies on HVO
Is switching to electromobility really the only way to significantly reduce your carbon footprint? Of course: NO! For example, according to vertikal.net, the international heavy-duty

Mahle boss Franz: “E-mobility alone will not fix it”
Is the “all-electric” strategy we have pursued to date really still fit for purpose? Of course: NO!!! Arnd Franz, CEO of automotive parts supplier Mahle,

eFuels for energy in data centers
Another interesting area of application for eFuels: There are still lesser-known areas in which modern, synthetic fuels such as eFuels can significantly reduce CO2 emissions.

Successful high-performance test for KlimaBenzin95
Three trophies, a field death and many positive insights! It was that time again last weekend: around 140 starters took part in the 42nd Aschen

China: From electric car pioneer to the world’s largest eFuels producer
Is “pioneer” China really focusing everything on electric cars, as is repeatedly and persistently claimed? Of course: NO! As early as 2024, the political journal

EU burn ban: UNITI calls for urgent policy change
The “all-electric strategy” is not really working, the EU ban on combustion engines is slowing things down – what about our mobility for the future?

Removed from emissions regulations: CO2 reassessment in the USA
What does this fundamental change of course by the Americans actually mean for the EU? Indeed: difficult to foresee – especially in view of current