At the political level, belief in the technology of the future is definitely present. For example, the FDP-led Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) is funding research and development in the area of regenerative, i.e. also synthetic, fuels with 640 million euros.
It was also the liberals in the ranks of the traffic light government who insisted on “openness to technology” after 2035 for the negotiations at EU level.
eFuels with comparatively poor efficiency
Porsche invests in eFuels research
At this facility in Patagonia, Porsche is working on the development of eFuels.
“Price of about one euro per liter”
In the same report, Professor Bernd Meyer from the Bergakademie Freiberg (Saxony), who is researching the production of synthetic petrol in Europe’s largest pilot plant, talks about example calculations of how the price of synthetic petrol would look like: “We are interested in larger industrial plants a price of around one euro per litre.”
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As early as 2017, a Prognos study was carried out on behalf of the German mineral oil industry, which assumed a liter price of 0.90 to 1.40 euros for the production of eFuels in 2030 – before taxes.
In the same year, automotive supplier and eFuels developer Bosch predicted that pure fuel costs of 1.20 to 1.40 euros per liter (excluding tax) could be achieved in the long term by 2030, and by 2050 costs would only be around one euro.
The problem: Massive investments are required for large-scale industrial production of eFuels for cars. And they will almost certainly come too late – if they come at all.
