The EU environment and energy ministers have agreed that only CO 2 2 -emission-free new vehicles may be registered from 2035; this applies to passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The formal ban on the internal combustion engine (for new registrations from 2035), which the EU Parliament had already passed, is indeed part of the decision. However, in 2026, it may be examined whether synthetically produced fuels based on renewable energies will also be classified as CO 2 2 -neutral. Such a test is not mandatory under the current resolution, but an option. Should this option take effect, new vehicles that can exclusively be filled up with such e-fuels would still be allowed to be registered after 2035. In the run-up to the ministerial meeting, the question of whether e-fuels would be accepted as climate-neutral fuels was a point of contention – not least within the traffic light coalition. While the FDP has spoken out in favour of e-fuels as an option, citing openness to technology, the SPD and the Greens are focusing primarily on battery electric cars. E-mobility: Huge differences in Europe