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4w ago

ADAC Pushes to Replace Germany’s E5 Fuel Mandate with Super E10

It argues that swapping the E5 mandate for Super E10 could cut transport carbon dioxide emissions by about three million tons annually.

Eine Zapfpistole mit Super-Benzin (E10).
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Overview

  • ADAC President Christian Reinicke is urging lawmakers to shift the legal requirement for stations to offer E5 over to Super E10 to leverage its higher bioethanol content.
  • Super E10 contains up to 10 percent bioethanol, is roughly six cents cheaper per liter than E5, and is compatible with most vehicles built since 2011.
  • Despite its advantages, Super E10 captured just 27.4 percent of domestic petrol sales in 2022, while E5 retained a 67.5 percent market share, according to the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control.
  • The Bundesverband Freier Tankstellen and Wirtschaftsverband Fuels und Energie back ending the E5 obligation to free up capacity for greener fuels such as renewable HVO diesel.
  • Drawing on Austria’s experience of dropping E5 requirements without disruption, the ADAC says broader E10 adoption would boost cost savings for drivers and environmental benefits.