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Audi R10s to run on blended GTL/BTL diesel at Le Mans

Ever since the debut of the Audi R10 in 2006, the mighty diesel-powered sports cars have been running on a gas-to-liquid (GTL) diesel fuel supplied by Shell. For the 2008 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans coming up in a few weeks, Audi and Shell will try a new blend that combines the GTL fuel with a BTL (biomass-to-liquid) fuel supplied by Choren. Choren is a German company that has been collaborating with Audi's parent company Volkswagen to develop the BTL diesel branded as SunFuel. Like cellulosic ethanol, BTL is produced from non-food ... Read more →

Choren industries opens BTL plant in Freiberg Xavier Navarro

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has inaugurated the "first refinery of second generation" biofuels in Freiberg. The plant, owned by Choren, which partners with car companies VW and Daimler and the ...

Volkswagen buys a stake in bio-fuel company Choren Sam Abuelsamid

Volkswagen has bought a German biofuels manufacturer CHOREN Industries GmbH to help promote their development of their second generation synthetic fuel. CHOREN is developing biomass-to-liquid ...

Audi R10s to run on blended GTL/BTL diesel at Le Mans 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since the debut of the Audi R10 in 2006, the mighty diesel-powered sports cars have been running on a gas-to-liquid (GTL) diesel fuel supplied by Shell. For the 2008 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans coming up in a few weeks, Audi and Shell will try a new blend that combines the GTL fuel with ...

Choren industries opens BTL plant in Freiberg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has inaugurated the "first refinery of second generation" biofuels in Freiberg. The plant, owned by Choren, which partners with car companies VW and Daimler and the Shell oil company, produces BTL (biomass-to-liquid) fuel from any kind of biomass, such as wood ...

Volkswagen buys a stake in bio-fuel company Choren 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen has bought a German biofuels manufacturer CHOREN Industries GmbH to help promote their development of their second generation synthetic fuel. CHOREN is developing biomass-to-liquid technology that can produce sulfur-free diesel from many kinds of biomass feed-stocks. The company has the ...


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