Why cars running on e-fuel can’t replace EVs

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Why cars running on e-fuel can’t replace EVs
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It’s made from water and air, but that doesn’t make it more sustainable.

online to achieve climate goals), a lot of it is wasted in the process. Close to 50 percent of the energy input is lost in the process of turning that electricity into hydrogen and then turning that hydrogen into e-fuel, according to nonprofit research group theBecause of that inefficiency, a car running on e-fuel burns through significantly more electricity than an EV would use to go the same distance.

There’s a little more optimism on e-fuel from Roland Dittmeyer, director of the Institute for Micro Process Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Dittmeyer drives an electric vehicle but thinks e-fuel might be a helpful alternative for someone who lacks access to charging infrastructure hooked up to a reliable, clean electricity grid.

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