An increasing number of automakers are plediging to become carbon neutral. The simulation model Zero.50, developed at TU Braunschweig, FernUniversität in Hagen, and TU Hamburg, makes it possible to analyze how this can be achieved, taking into account the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and the effectiveness of different abatement measures on the way to “net zero”. In a recent article by Karsten Kieckhäfer (FernUniversität in Hagen), Christian Thies (TU Hamburg), Jörg Wansart and Raphael Ginster (both TU Braunschweig), which was recently published in Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift (German) and ATZ worldwide (English), the model is applied to the German passenger car market. The effects of technological measures (e.g., reduced energy demand for battery production, accelerated decarbonization of passenger car production, use of e-fuels) and policy measures (e.g., sales bans and decommissioning of passenger cars with combustion engines) on the cumulative greenhouse gas emissions until 2050 as well as the demand for renewable energies and e-fuel production volumes are analyzed.

• Kieckhäfer, K., Wansart, J., Thies, C., Ginster, R., (2023): Pariskonforme Transformationspfade für die Automobilindustrie. ATZ Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift, 125 (10), 54–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s35148-023-1646-9
• Kieckhäfer, K., Wansart, J., Thies, C., Ginster, R., (2023): Paris-compliant Transformation Pathways for the Automotive Industry. ATZ worldwide, 125 (10), 52–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s38311-023-1541-8