Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have come up with a low-carbon gasoline. Their new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, contains up to 33 percent renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20 percent per kilometre driven.<\/p>\n
This means a fleet of 1,000 VW Golf VIII 1.5 TSIs alone could save more than 230 metric tons of CO\u2082 per year, assuming an annual mileage of 10,000 kilometres each, a release shows.<\/p>\n
Shell will offset the remaining carbon emissions from the use of Blue Gasoline through certified offset arrangements. The initial plan is to make the fuel available at regular filling stations over the course of the year, starting in Germany.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the road to climate-friendly mobility, we must ensure we don\u2019t leave any technical opportunities untapped, starting with electromobility and ending with renewable fuels. Every bit of CO\u2082 we save can help us achieve our climate targets,\u201d says Uwe Gackstatter, president of the Bosch Powertrain Solutions division.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to present this counterpart to R33 Blue Diesel. Our new fuel now also takes gasoline engines a big step forward in terms of sustainability,\u201d says Felix Balthasar, Manager Speciality Fuels at Shell.<\/p>\n
Sebastian Willmann, head of Internal Combustion Engine Development at Volkswagen, says: \u201cBlue Gasoline is another building block in the effective reduction of CO\u2082 emissions from the vehicle fleet. Blue Gasoline\u2019s high storage stability makes the fuel particularly suitable for use in plug-in hybrid vehicles. In the future, the expansion of the charging infrastructure and larger batteries will mean that these vehicles predominantly run on electrical power, and thus that fuel may remain in the fuel tank for longer periods of time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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