Stellantis sees future in synthetic fuels

Substantial investments

Stellantis investing more than 30 billion euros in electrification and software until 2025. The company is also studying additional solutions to continue carbon emission reduction efforts to meet its commitment to provide clean, safe and affordable mobility solutions for society as a whole.

Reduce CO2 emissions

Stellantis says the development of e-fuels is helping to accelerate CO2 emissions from the already 28 million Stellantis internal combustion engines (ICE) produced since 2014 (Euro 6) in Europe. E-fuel-proofing 28 engine families can provide CO2 emissions reductions of up to 90 percent.

Easy and affordable option

The wide adoption of eFuels would provide customers with existing ICE vehicles an easy and affordable option to decarbonize their vehicles without replacing their vehicle, upgrading the engine fuel system or waiting for a new infrastructure network.

Test work

Stellantis tests and validates 28 engine families built between 2014 and 2029 for both gasoline and diesel engines. The comprehensive validation protocol includes tests on exhaust emissions, starting power, engine power, reliability, endurance, oil dilution, fuel tank, fuel lines, filters and more.

Goodbye fossil fuels

“The technology is applicable to up to 28 million Stellantis vehicles with the potential to achieve CO2 reductions of up to 400 million tons in Europe over the period 2025 to 2050,” the automobile group said. “The production of eFuel is an opportunity to reshape energy sovereignty by redefining the map of energy sources based on the availability of wind and solar energy and not on current fossil fuel extraction sites.”

Wind and solar energy

At the same time, Stellantis is committed to selling only battery-electric vehicles in Europe by 2030. Stellantis is pursuing ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2038, as outlined in the Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan. Porsche also sees a market for synthetic fuels. This will allow current cars to continue to run, but with significantly cleaner fuel.

Brands of Stellantis

Stellantis is the parent company of Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Jeep and Abarth, among others.