Germany and EU agree on synthetic carbon-captured fuels as loophole for fossil-fuel car ban.

Germany is pushing for a loophole in the EU ban on fossil-fuel cars that would allow the sale of combustion engine cars beyond the 2035 deadline, as long as they run on synthetic fuels. Other European countries, including Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic, have joined Germany in demanding the exception. Synthetic fuels are made from hydrogen and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere, so burning them only releases air pollutants that have already been offset.