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New Golf Plus BiFuel at Present Obtainable for Order In Germany

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:15:43 +0000

The Golf Plus at present is also available with LPG alternative. This utilization of alternative fuel has led to a decrease of about 10% in CO2 expelling and fuel preservations of €6.10 per 100 kilometers. This is because of the cut down German fuel tax which will be vogue till 2018.

The new Golf Plus along with its bi-fuel system can also be operated on petrol at the flip of a switch. This results in decreased amount of consumption and emissions. The 1.6-litre, 4 cylinder engine with 72 kW / 98 PS calls for a mean of 9.8 liters of LPG per 100 kilometers (159 g/km CO2). The Golf Plus BiFuel becomes even more economical when burning petrol.
The installed plant for the new Golf Plus BiFuel is significantly more beneficial than a converter for a LPG.

Source: Autoblog Green

Renewable and Synthetic Fuels Tried by Volkswagen

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:14:01 +0000

Volkswagen and Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s top agriculture processors and a principal in biofuels, have arranged to work toward fostering the growth and usage of biodiesel in the auto industry. This is a noteworthy step ahead for biofuels for the size of the companies involved. ADM’s key interest in this developing market, and VW’s respectable and developing use of advanced diesel engines in its product line.

In Europe, Volkswagen has combined with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group to exhibit the feasibility of cars motorized by synthetic fuel obtained from natural gas. For the past 5 month period, 25 VW Golf hatchbacks power-driven by 100 horsepower TDI diesel engines were fuelled by this spotless-fiery gas-to-liquids fuel. The object was to prove this fuel’s discharge savings features. This is also claimed to be comparable to that of compressed natural gas but at lesser cost.

Source: Yahoo!

Volkswagen Tries Out Renewable and Synthetic Fuels

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:15:34 +0000

Volkswagen and Archer Daniels Midland have agreed to work together for further development and use of biodiesel in the auto industry. This is a noteworthy step forward for biofuels.

Biodiesel is a cleaner burning fuel mixture which is made by blending formal diesel fuel with natural or inexhaustible resources such as canola or soybean oil. Advantages to the environment include considerably decreased carbon monoxide and emission of particulate matter like soot.
The synthetic fuel can be utilized in today’s engines and mingled with formal diesel fuel. It’s also well-suited with obtainable fuel allocation and storage systems. The fuel will support advanced power plants like the company’s combined combustion system (CCS).
All this means an important step toward a hydrogen fuel cell. The feedstock for such a synthetic fuel may be biomass and it will have the benefit of dropping greenhouse gas emissions.