MILAN, Sept 7 Reuters Carmaker Stellantis believes internal combustion engine ICE vehicles could be on the road until 2050, making it necessary to contain their carbon emissions until they39;re finally replaced by fully electric ones.

The world39;s thirdlargest carmaker by sales, whose brands include Fiat, Peugeot and Jeep, said this week tests it ran with Saudi oil giant Aramco showed 24 types of internal combustion engines in European vehicles it produced since 2014 can use advanced efuels without modification.

Stellantis has reaffirmed its commitment to all new car sales in Europe being batteryelectric by 2030, although the European Union has excluded cars that run on efuels from its 2035 deadline to phase out new carbon dioxideemitting cars.

Many of the new ICE vehicles being sold by Stellantis between now and 2029 would still be on the roads in more than two decades, Christian Mueller, Stellantis39; Senior Vice President, Propulsion Systems for the EMEA region said on Thursday.

We have to really take care about our inventory fleet, he said, adding that the long lifespan of cars made the development of synthetic efuels, which are produced with renewable energy, more important.

I think 25 of our vehicles are still in use after 20 years. Hence, this kind of exposure time to efuels is considerable, very considerable, he told a briefing.

Stellantis estimates that its engine types identified as compatible with efuels represent about 28 million vehicles on the roads…