Regarding The Termination Of ICE Car Sales In 2035 In Europe, Porsche: It Can Still Be Postponed

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JAKARTA - The development of electrification in the automotive world is growing massively with several manufacturers launching the latest EVs, one of which is Porsche and EV Tigers in Singapore.

Having a clear vision of electrification, this German brand still opens the possibility of presenting combustion engine (ICE) cars for a longer period of time. Moreover, the cessation of sales of ICE cars in Europe was relaxed to 2035.

In fact, Lutz Meschke, Porsche's Chief Financial Officer, said that the EU's plans to stop selling the latest ICE cars by 2035 could be postponed.

"Currently there are a lot of discussions around the end of the combustion engine and it can still be postponed," Meschke said as quoted by Bloomberg, Sunday, January 28.

The easing of sales of combustion cars certainly raises a big question mark whether this is the right step, considering that the area is working on all means to minimize the use of emissions.

Porsche is one of a handful of brands that are trying to keep providing fuel models in the future. The company has also invested in the development of synthetic fuels (e-fuels) of 100 million US dollars, with 75 million US dollars used to acquire interests in the HIF Global LLC in April 2022.

With this combination of innovative approaches, Porsche affirms its commitment to exploring various sustainable solutions, either through electric vehicles or through technology development such as Direct Air Capture (DAC).

Of course this step contradicts what the parent company is trying to do, Volkswagen. VW has confirmed that after 2030, brands will only sell electric battery-based cars in Europe and globally.