Stellantis Is Readying Its Engines To Run On Synthetic Fuels

Automotive juggernaut Stellantis is investigating 28 of its motor families to guarantee that they tin tally connected synthetic fuels.

The company’s investigating protocol includes motor families from 2014 done to 2029 and includes some petrol and diesel powertrains. Stellantis says the adoption of efuels volition let owners of combustion-powered vehicles the enactment to decarbonize their conveyance without needing to regenerate it for an EV oregon by upgrading the substance system.

This programme volition let the institution to slash the emissions of the 28 cardinal combustion-powered vehicles it has built since 2014 successful Europe. Indeed, it could trim CO2 emissions by up to 400 cardinal tons from 2025 done 2050. Stellantis’ committedness to usage efuels for pre-existing and upcoming ICE vehicles volition play an important relation successful it becoming c nett zero by 2038. Stellantis has already confirmed that it volition lone merchantability caller battery-electric rider cars successful Europe by the extremity of this decade.

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“We are doubling down connected our combat against planetary warming by investigating carbon-neutral substance arsenic a complementary solution to our holistic decarbonization approach,” Stellantis main enforcement Carlos Tavares said. “While we stay steadfast successful executing our assertive electrification strategy, we indispensable besides find astute alternatives to code the CO₂ emissions for the 1.3 cardinal existing ICE cars. By moving to marque definite our Stellantis engines are eFuels friendly, we are aiming astatine giving our customers different instrumentality successful the combat against planetary warming and 1 that tin person an astir contiguous impact. It is besides different enactment we are taking that is good aligned with our committedness to beryllium c neutral by 2038.”

As portion of its tests, Stellantis is analyzing the tailpipe emissions, startability, motor power, reliability endurance, lipid dilution, substance tank, substance lines, and filters of its existing motor families.

This announcement from Stellantis comes soon aft the European Union said it would licence the merchantability of caller combustion-powered vehicles aft 2035, arsenic agelong arsenic they tally solely connected synthetic fuels.