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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 →

Audi R10 TDI to debut at Spa-Francorchamps running on GTL fuel Sam Abuelsamid

Two years after its racing debut at the 2006 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Audi R10 TDI is making its first ever visit to the classic Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. The R10s are running in the ...

Toyota getting into ethanol in the Brazilian market Sam Abuelsamid

Up to this point, Toyota has been far and away the leader in bringing hybrid drive-train technology to the automotive market place. They have also produced many very efficient conventionally powered ...

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 ...

Audi R10 TDI to debut at Spa-Francorchamps running on GTL fuel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Two years after its racing debut at the 2006 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Audi R10 TDI is making its first ever visit to the classic Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. The R10s are running in the European Le Mans Series for the first time this year and Spa will be a whole new challenge for Audi. ...

Toyota getting into ethanol in the Brazilian market 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Up to this point, Toyota has been far and away the leader in bringing hybrid drive-train technology to the automotive market place. They have also produced many very efficient conventionally powered vehicles to market. They have even produced full plug-in electric vehicles, although they did take ...


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