Sustainable Energy & Powertrains
Towards CO2-Neutral Mobility
The path to CO2-neutral mobility is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. With over 1.5 billion vehicles on the world’s roads, the transition to sustainable energy carriers - such as renewable electricity, hydrogen, and eFuels - and the further development of next generation engines and powertrain systems including life-cycle evaluation is more critical than ever.
The conference Sustainable Energy & Powertrains (former Conference on Powertrains with Renewable Energy Carriers), taking place on November 25 - 26, 2025, focuses on the critical topics shaping the future of CO2-neutral mobility. Targeting professionals from industry, academia, and policy-making, the event explores challenges and innovative solutions involving renewable electricity, hydrogen, and sustainable fuels. The conference also features a trade exhibition, offering attendees the opportunity to connect with cutting-edge technologies and leading industry stakeholders.
The following topics are planned:
- Energy infrastructure build-up, bottlenecks and challenges in renewable electricity, hydrogen, renewable fuels incl. life-cycle evaluation
- Powertrain electrification, hybrids, fuel cells and battery technologies
- High efficiency development in combustion processes and exhaust gas aftertreatment
- Lower carbon intensity fuels (e.g. hydrogen, eFuels, bioFuels) and carbon neutrality in motorsports
- Global market development and political framework for carbon neutrality
The latest Conference in 2023
The Conference on Powertrains with Renewable Energy Carriers took place on November 28 - 29, 2023 . Around 100 participants had the opportunity to attend exciting presentations, take away insights from the three keynote speeches and exchange thoughts with other experts at the networking evening. You can watch the keynote speech by Arnd Franz from Mahle on our YouTube channel.
Benefit from the advantages of the Sustainable Energy & Powertrains
- Latest developments & research results
- Combining industry & science
- Networking with experts & executives

Organization:
FKFS - Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart
Scientific Management:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Casal Kulzer
Advisory Board:
Prof. Christian Beidl, TU Darmstadt
Ragnar Burenius, Autobay
Dr. Andreas Grote, Volkswagen
Dimitrios Karageorgiou, Aramco Overseas Company
Thomas Leone, Southwest Research Institute
Prof. Hermann Rottengruber, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Marc Sens, IAV
Prof. Christian Trapp, Universität der Bundeswehr München