“Audi models with V6 diesel engines up to and including 210 kW (286 hp) that have been delivered since mid-Feb-ruary can fill up with the so-called HVO fuel in accordance with European standard EN 15940. This sustainable fuel can save 70 to 95 percent CO2 compared to fossil diesel,” the statement continues. Previously, Volkswagen had already released engines for the climate fuel.
Audi diesel: 95% less CO2 with HVO fuel
Industry insiders report that the Group is thus keeping a back door open in case the planned all-electric course does not have the hoped-for success – also in view of the fact that a future German government could act in a more technology-open manner than the traffic lights, which want to permit only electric cars as early as possible. Even though Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess has issued the slogan “electric or nothing: Behind the scenes at the automakers, things have been bubbling for some time.
