Porsche, Ferrari E-Fuel Push at Heart of EU Engine Debate
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Two of Europe's most venerable names in the car industry, Porsche and Ferrari, are surfacing in an EU debate about a plan to kill the combustion engine — and they're changing the conversation.The luxury sports-car makers are seeking a carveout for synthetic electrofuels, or e-fuels, from the EU's planned 2035 ban on new internal combustion engine vehicles. While they belong to a narrow segment of the auto industry, Porsche and Ferrari's status as national icons was enough to move their governments to challenge the EU plan last week just days before a scheduled vote. The move shook Brussels, and reopened questions around supposedly climate-neutral e-fuels that have proven too costly for large fleets of vehicles. But it also revealed deeper questions about the economic and social ...