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The great energy bet of the car to come

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ROME – Bets always involve a good margin of risk. Those without fail do not exist. So for the car world it happens that the race towards zero emissions and above all the need to set dates to reach the goal are creating a real industrial, social and political short circuit.

It is in fact the greatest revolution that the automotive world will have to carefully govern and that will sweep much of the current structure of the most widespread means of transport on earth. It is a question of retiring the internal combustion engine and everything that revolves around this extraordinary invention which now dates back to over 150 years ago. The point is quite simple: the fuels used up to now (petrol, diesel, LPG and methane) emit too many harmful substances for the environment, especially CO2 and fine dust. And as the planet will not be able to withstand current levels of smog for much longer, the car will have to change (as well as much else). And he will have to do it quickly if he is to survive. And it is precisely that necessary but not clear “haste” for everyone that is putting the various systems in crisis. It is precisely that race that no one thought they should immediately start constituting the big bet with too many unknowns.

The reason? First of all, the choice of a single technology to reduce car emissions: electricity. All manufacturers, for example, agree that the goal must be zero emissions but not all, indeed less and less, think they can achieve it in the same way. Or rather, they would like to have room for other technologies, from hybrid hydrogen systems to the use of synthetic fuels capable of continuing to run the internal combustion engine. However, they would like more time to transition: 10-15 years is a short time to reconvert a complex system such as the automotive one. Because there are too many “collateral risks”. For example employment. Abandoning traditional engines early could cost Europe something like half a million jobs.

In Italy, the backlash could be very severe with a loss of 60,000 employees. In our country, the automobile industry is worth around 50 billion in turnover. There are many component companies that supply the main manufacturers in the world. Also in this case, the forecast in case of too fast one-way travel would be a loss of 37 per cent of employees. Since about 30 percent fewer parts are needed to build an electric car. There will no longer be a need for pistons, cylinders, but not even exhaust pipes or tanks, so what will the companies that build them do?

Of course, no one wants to stop the race for change. Everyone wants a better environment. Clean air and energy sustainability. The real question is at what price and in how long. Indeed, this is the real bet.

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