Automotive industry leaders, authorities, sector executives, and academics highlighted, this Tuesday (9), at Anfavea Visions, in São Paulo, the stage of maturity and the potential yet to be explored of biofuels as Brazil's trump cards in the global sustainable mobility agenda. The event organized by the National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) takes place until this Wednesday (10). At the opening of the meeting, the president of the entity, Igor Calvet, pointed out that Brazil has world leadership in biofuels. Economist Eduardo Gianetti da Fonseca added that "we have a unique endowment on the planet for clean energy, which translates, for example, into ethanol". In this agenda, the president and CEO of Renault Geely do Brasil, Ariel Montenegro, said that biofuels, in particular ethanol, the national clean energy matrix are important factors for the development of the country's automotive sector. In turn, the president of Sindipeças, Cláudio Sahad, warned of the need for public policies that ensure the advancement of various sources of clean energy, "otherwise we risk losing this advantage." Furthermore, the Secretary of Agricultural Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture (Mapa), Guilherme Campos, emphasized that the successful model of biofuels in Brazil, since Proálcool 50 years ago, has become the largest global "showroom" for the energy transition and decarbonization. He noted that the Brazilian model has the smallest carbon footprint in existence, considering the well-to-wheel concept. "And it's not just ethanol, it's biodiesel, biogas, and so on. There is enormous synergy between what is done in agriculture regarding renewable energies and the automotive industry," he concluded.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.