On January 23, BMW Austria announced that starting January 2025, customers will receive their diesel vehicles from German plants will come with HVO 100 fuel, a renewable diesel made from Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, which reduces carbon emissions by up to 90%. The '100' indicates pure fuel.
BMW develops and primarily

On October 22, Bentley conducted the global media drive using sustainable eFuel, launching the fourth-generation Continental GT Speed coupe and convertible in Switzerland. The event showcased eFuel's compatibility with combustion engines, reducing environmental impact.
The eFuel is developed by HIF Global and backed

On September 2, Stellantis began supplying ethanol to vehicles with Flex-fuel engines produced in Goiana, Brazil.
From this date onward, vehicles equipped with T270 Flex and Turbo 270 Flex engines will receive ethanol as fuel directly from the factory. The first models to benefit will be the Jeep Renegade Flex T270 a

On August 21, the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) urged for a more ambitious implementation of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III).
VDA believes that the RED III's current renewable fuel goals are too low compared to the CO2 fleet regulation. The VDA suggests setting long-term targets and a flexibl

On July 10, Iveco collaborated with Institute of Atmospheric Pollution of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) to evaluate the environmental impacts of compressed biomethane from organic municipal waste (OFMSW) compared to diesel and CNG in urban waste collection vehicles. The study focused on the Italian mark

On May 27, Idemitsu Kosan, ENEOS Corporation, Toyota Motor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announce that they have commenced a study toward the introduction and spread of carbon-neutral fuels (CN fuels) that contribute to the decarbonization of automobiles. Seeking to introduce CN fuels in Japan around 2030, the four

MAHLE GmbH (MAHLE) announced that it has recently established a Global Bio-Mobility Center in Brazil to support the development and global rollout of environmentally friendly combustion engines with renewable biofuels.
The MAHLE Tech Center in Jundiaí is one of the largest engine development centers in South America

On April 24, Volvo Trucks North America announced a significant advancement in its sustainability efforts by fueling newly assembled trucks with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), a renewable fuel, as they depart from the New River Valley Assembly Operations (NRV) in Dublin, Virginia.
All Volvo trucks for the North Am

On March 22, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) informed that the Federal Council had passed the 10th Federal Immission Control Ordinance and the Clean Vehicle Procurement Act. In the future, consumers will be able to use clean diesel fuels from exclusively renewable sources, such as HVO (hydroge

Deutz AG (Deutz) has opened the first hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) filling station at its factory in Cologne-Porz. All diesel-powered vehicles of Deutz can now be refueled with HVO at the site, resulting in an immediate reduction in the CO2 emission of its fleet by up to 90%.
This will help to reduce the company’

On February 1, FEV, a leading engineering service provider for the transportation and energy sectors, completed the research project “Methanol Standard”, to investigate the technical fundamentals needed for the European standardization of methanol as a fuel. 
The project included three-dimensional computational fluid

On January 29, BASF process catalysts announced a new collaboration with Envision Energy. The collaboration aims to further develop the conversion of green hydrogen and CO2 into e-methanol through an advanced, dynamic process design. This collaboration will see BASF provide its cutting-edge SYNSPIRE catalyst technolo

On January 3, Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL), and Shigan Quantum Technologies Limited (Shigan), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that aims at decarbonizing the supply chain by creating an ecosystem that will enable transitioning to cleaner fuels such as CNG and LNG.
The partnership will explore developing e