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Specialists Assert That Fuel-Powered Cars Such as Diesel, Gasoline, Ethanol and Similar Are Very Harmful to the Environment, and Replacing Them with Electric Cars Can Be a Good Alternative.
At the event in Rio Oil and Gas last week, Raízen’s CEO, Ricardo Mussa, raised a question about the incentives for electric cars, given that Brazil has ethanol as a fuel. The debate about this in Brazil has been gaining more and more attention. However, there are many divergences regarding the direction the national automotive industry should take in the coming years.
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Raízen’s CEO also adds that it would not be smart to accelerate electrification in the country, considering that ethanol has a lower environmental impact than electric cars.
“When we put ethanol on the same scale, we see that it is less polluting than electric cars; we already have something that is real.”
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As Brazil still does not have a clear model for electrification, the discussion on the matter remains open with different viewpoints. Focusing on the sugarcane sector, one solution has been debated, which is the development of the pioneering ethanol-based fuel cell—a solution that can combine electric propulsion with low emissions.
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