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Harley-Davidson Braunschweig and the eFuels Forum rely on eFuels for Customer First Fill
The eFuels Forum, NORDOEL and Harley-Davidson Braunschweig are launching a cooperation to establish synthetic fuels as a sustainable alternative in the motorcycle sector. From April 2025, Harley-Davidson Braunschweig will be one of the first authorized dealers worldwide to deliver its new vehicles with eFuel Performance 95, thus sending a strong signal for climate-friendly mobility.

Statista: Electric cars devour mineral resources
Are electric cars really more environmentally friendly than combustion cars – as is often said? Of course not! Statista has just published an infographic with

VARO Energy strengthens eFuels business with Preem takeover
Is there really no progress with synthetic fuels, as many critics and the media constantly claim? Of course DOCH! For example, energate has just reported

Current climate and energy policy: a social threat?
Does the current climate and energy policy really threaten the life options of a large part of our society? According to Cicero quite clearly: YES!

HVO100 is gaining in importance for haulage companies
Is HVO100 really becoming more and more important as a “green” diesel substitute? According to the German transport newspaper DVZ: YES – especially in the

Together for eFuels
Successful eFuels information and exchange stop at the “Winter Conference” of the UNITI Bundesverband EnergieMittelstand e.V. in Saalfelden, Austria! This event provided just the right

What Germans expect from the new federal government
Are the majority of Germans really in favor of “electric only” and against the use of synthetic fuels in passenger cars? Of course not. Because

Is the current all-electric strategy a real risk?
In our current foreign policy situation, does it really make sense to continue inflexibly sticking to the combustion engine phase-out and the “all-electric” strategy? Around

DACMA hands over DAC system to KIT
Research and progress with the participation of some of our eFuels Forum friends! On February 28, 2025, DACMA GmbH handed over a Direct Air Capture

eFuels Forum at the Automotive Summit in Lower Saxony
Is the automotive industry’s current approach to the transport transition really the right one? Volkswagen’s announcements about possible plant closures and the growing uncertainty among

Efficient production for sustainable aviation fuel possible
Is the efficient production of sustainable aviation fuel really impossible, as critics repeatedly claim? Of course not: the research team at the Karlsruhe Institute of

BMW stops building electric Minis in Oxford
Do German car manufacturers really still fully trust in electromobility? Apparently not. Because according to Automobil Produktion, BMW recently halted the planned construction of electric

“Cheap” combustion engines from China
Are the Chinese really banking everything on electric cars – as many media outlets keep claiming? Of course not! According to AutoMotorSport, the British-Chinese car

Green methanol – an important building block for Europe’s energy supply
Are we really doing enough so far to be fit for the future in terms of Europe’s energy supply? Thorsten Rixmann, Chief Marketing Officer of

German car manufacturers seal their departure from all-electric strategy
Are the German car manufacturers really still behind the current all-electric strategy? According to Claudia Scholz, Pioneer Editor and Business Correspondent at The Pioneer, quite

Mercedes-Benz VAN.CA: Combustion engine continues to run
Is “battery drive” really the only path currently being pursued by car manufacturers, as many media and combustion engine critics keep claiming? Of course not.

Over 38,000 entries in the eFuels competition
A lot of attention and a lot of encouragement: the evaluation of our “Big eFuels competition for the federal elections” resulted in over 38,000 entries!

After the general election: Goodbye to the ban on combustion engines?
An end to the ban on combustion engines? According to CDU/CSU chancellor candidate and Bundestag election winner Friedrich Merz: YES! According to merkur.de, he already

Fact check FÖS paper
Is the factsheet “E-fuels and their limits – no alternative to the end of the combustion engine” from the Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft just an election

FÖS paper fails technical analysis
Are eFuels really not an alternative for the future, as the latest meta-study by the Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft(FÖS) on behalf of the Climate Alliance Germany

E-mobility in China: just a fake giant?
Are there really only electric cars left in China and is that why we need to get rid of our combustion engines quickly? Johannes Winterhagen,

Green kerosene from biogas
Climate-friendly aviation fuel from biogas – is that possible? Even with a view to large-scale production? The ambitious Bavarian company Caphenia in Bernau am Chiemsee

Which party supports the EU’s ban on combustion engines?
Election on February 23: What do the parties have to say about the EU’s ban on combustion engines? Business editor Veronika Kanzler from the Stuttgarter

How much does sustainable mobility cost the state?
What will actually happen to our state coffers if there is too abrupt a focus purely on the electrification of mobility? Quite simply, there will

Big eFuels competition for the federal election
Launched today: The “Big eFuels competition for the federal election”! Simply take part online until 23.02.2025 and secure the chance to win €3,000. What do

UNITI campaign for the Bundestag elections
Are political decision-makers and voters really sufficiently informed on the subject of renewable fuels and the EU ban on combustion engines in view of the

Škoda speaks out against ban on combustion engines
Can there really only be one “electric car way”? Škoda says very clearly: NO! This is reported by euractiv.de At a meeting with the Czech

Almost every 7th street petrol station already sells HVO
Is the topic of alternative, synthetic fuels really progressing as badly in Germany as many critics often claim? Quite clearly: NO. The filling station network

Almost every seventh street petrol station in Germany sells HVO
Around 2,000 of the approximately 14,080 roadside filling stations in Germany now offer HVO100 or a diesel with an HVO blend. The network could grow even further within a short period of time if the E5 protection grade is abolished.

HVO goes Heskem
Are synthetic fuels such as HVO really already available at filling stations? Of course: YES. In 2024, after some wrangling with federal politicians, the renewable