Mercedes Says Synthetic Fuels Won't Become A Thing - But They Also Said That About EVs

Mercedes-Benz research and development boss Markus Schäfer says synthetic fuels are not viable for the automotive industry in the immediate future.

During a recent interview with Autocar, Schäfer said the German car manufacturer is committed to electrifying its cars and does not believe synthetic fuels to replace petrol and diesel are the way to go.

 

atc98092 - 5/21/2020 12:22:22 PM

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There's a number of operationally viable synthetic fuels. The problem is they are not economically viable. They still cost far too much to produce, or you have something like hydrogen that takes more energy to produce than you get out of the use for fuel.

PUGPROUD - 5/21/2020 7:47:57 PM

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Ammonia into hydrogen shows promise.

MDarringer - 5/21/2020 9:37:21 PM

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EV has won the game.

Foncool - 5/22/2020 7:58:34 AM

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In a free market ICE wins, the only government mandates will save EVs. The vast majority of consumers don’t want them, as has been proven time after time the innovation of Oil/gas industry to extract More oil keep the industry flourishing well past 2030.