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Al Gore being chauffeured in Holland in GTL fueled Audi A6 2.0 TDIe

Former Veep Al Gore is in the Netherlands this week to give his Inconvenient Truth presentation a couple of times. While he's in the low-lands he is apparently being shuttled around in the latest example of fuel efficient executive transport from the folks at Audi. Mr. Gore gets to ride in the back seat of a new Audi A6 TDIe. This particular A6 variant gets propulsion from the same 2.0L diesel four cylinder used in the new VW Jetta TDI. In the A6 TDIe it's rated at 136 hp and achieves 44.38 mpg (US) on the EU test cycle. For this particular ... Read more →

VIDEO: Shell's Sylvia Williams discusses GTL diesel fuel Sam Abuelsamid

One of the VIPs that Audi invited to be present at the launch of the Mileage Marathon in New York on Monday was Sylvia Williams. Williams is the general manager of business development for future ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Airbus completes world first GTL-powered flight Jeremy Korzeniewski

The aircraft industry is feeling the heat when it comes to their emissions just as the automakers are. In an effort to reduce air travel's carbon footprint, Airbus is testing a new type of aircraft ...

Audi to supply GTL-fueled diesel A8s for World Economic Forum 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the money gurus converge on Davos Switzerland for their annual confab next week they will again be shuttled around in a fleet of Audi A8s. The 81 cars provided by Volkswagen's premium division will be propelled by 3.0L V-6 TDI engines. For the first time Audi will be using GTL fuel provided by ...

Qatar starts exporting GTL fuel but won't use it locally 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Oryx gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in Qatar started exporting its output about a month ago but the Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah says the tiny Persian Gulf state has no intention of using the fuel locally. The GTL fuel needs to be blended with other fuels to make it usable and the ...

Toyota's alternative fuel efforts move beyond hybrids to ethanol in Brazil and GTL diesels in Europe 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Not to be one-upped by Honda, CNET is reporting that the leader in hybrid technology, Toyota, will release a flex-fuel ethanol/gasoline capable car in Brazil during the Spring of 2007. The vehicle model and price have yet to be disclosed, but if they are planning to match Honda's efforts we ...

Diesel blends emission test report issued by Shell and Germany's UFOP 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Shell and Germany's UFOP (Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants) just released a study comparing the exhaust gas and particle emissions of fossil diesels with B5 and B20 biodiesel fuels. The five fuel blends tested were -Diesel Fuel (DF) -Shell Middle Distillate with lubrication ...


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