• Home

New Car Fuels

• Audi and Alternative Car Fuels

  03Feb
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Audi Comments: 0

  The owners of an Audi are a proud lot and they love their car for its worth. However, there are occasions when they feel let down and they feel sad. During these moments they check out if there is news that can help them to recover from their woes and when they do find such news, they glee with happiness as only the owners of Audis can. Of late many car manufacturers have started changing the design of their cars in order to accommodate the use of alternative fuels. Most users of Audi cars too are waiting with baited breath and want to know when will Audi too come out with a car that can run on alterative car fuel. These owners too want to contribute their share in saving the environment by using alternative fuels.

  Owners of Audis will be pleased to know that this world-renowned car manufacturer has lots of plans up its sleeves to bring out eco friendly cars, though it might take a few years before they make their presence felt. In about 10 years time Audi shall be producing cars that run on electricity. While the rest of the world is finding out ways and producing cars that will have lower CO2 emissions, Audi will do away with emissions all together. The electric cars that Audi shall be producing in about a decade will be sans exhaust emissions. The owners of Audi cars can glee in delight armed with the knowledge that their favorite will again show the way to the world.

  For recent eco-friendly audi news, check here!

• Most Fuel Efficient Korean Hybrid Cars Going to the US

  09Jan
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Hyundai, KIA Comments: 0

  Hyundai is going all out to achieve the status as the most fuel efficient car maker in the world. The Blue Drive which spearheads their environmental campaign will be further boosted by the production of electric hybrid vehicles.

  The Korean auto manufacturers Hyundai and Kia are among the front runners of the development of HEV technology. These two companies have released almost 3000 units of hybrid electronic vehicles under the brand of Accent and Elantra prototypes to the Korean government as part of their demonstration that kicked off in 2004.

  Come July 2009, a lithium-polymer battery and liquefied petroleum gas combo will power the Hyundai Elantra LPI. This vehicle is set to be initially released in Korea.

  Hyundai showcased the Santa Fe Blue in the Paris Motor Show. Read more »

• SAAB and Alternative Car Fuels

  05Dec
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Bio Fuels, Ethanol, Saab Comments: 0

  Everyone wants to possess a car that will run on alternative fuels. They know that the time is not far off when there will be no natural fuel left in the world. Apart from this there is the fact that the natural fuels emit lots of CO2 emissions and they pollute and damage the environment of the world apart from creating greenhouse problems. Keeping this in mind, most car owners are looking for models of their favorite cars that will run on alternative fuels.

  One can say without hesitation that the owners of the Swedish car, SAAB, are the best off. As it is this car manufacturer is famous all over the world for the safety features of their car and also for the fact that they are credited with introducing certain innovative features that are now being adopted by car manufacturers all over the world. It is hence natural that SAAB cars would also lead the way when it comes to manufacturing cars that run on alternative fuels.

  Read more »

• Luxurious Cadillac Provoq Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cell

  18Nov
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Cadillac, Hydrogen Comments: 0

  Cadillac is known for its classic, elegant and luxurious vehicles. The brand is equated with wealth and the finer things in life. So when we hear about an eco-friendly vehicle from Cadillac, people stand up and take notice. Maybe the idea of alternative fueled cars is not a far-fetched dream but rather modern day reality.

  

  Although only in the concept stages and not yet available for general sale, Cadillac showed the new Provoq earlier this year at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. Born from General Motors’ vision to replace gasoline as mainstream fuel, the Provoq is a hydrogen fuel cell crossover. It uses fuel cell technology coupled with a lithium-ion battery. The result is a vehicle driven electrically without the detrimental emissions of gas. It is called hydrogen fuel cell because the only emission is vapor or water.

  Read more »

• Volkswagen and Alternative Car Fuels

  02Nov
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Volkswagen Comments: 0

  Most car owners are looking forward to driving cars that are both efficient and also run on alternative fuels. This is the only way out since the natural oil resources of the world shall dry up in a few decades. On top is the feeling of contributing to keep the environment free from dangerous CO² emissions.

  The owners of Volkswagens too are seeking if there are any alternatives available with Volkswagen that is both eco compliant and fuel-efficient. Such people should check out the Volkswagen Polo as it zips around. This car is a marvel of auto engineering and demonstrates what gasoline powered efficiency means. Its turbo diesel, direct injected, 3 cylinder 1.4L engine allows it to give a “staggering” 79 horsepower. And this is not enough.

  Read more »

• Hydrogen Mazda rx-8s

  16Oct
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Hybrid Cars, Hydrogen, Mazda Comments: 2

  I’ve been a Mazda-fan ever since I bought my first car (a good old Mazda mx-3), and it’s so good to see them coming up with sporty, yet environmentally-friendly cars like this Hydrogen-powered Mazda RX-8s.

  These cars are 100% street-legal, and Mazda claims they’re the first ever street-legal Hydrogen cars sold in the world (they’re driving around in Japan, but not that much as they’re bought by companies as a PR-stunt, what a surprise)…

  Fingers crossed we’ll soon se more hydrogen/gasoline hybrid sports cars in the near future…

  

• Wood Chips used to make Bio-Ethanol

  03Oct
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Bio Fuels, Ethanol, Wood Chips Comments: 0

  There’s quite a few morality issues with using food-sources for bio-ethanol-making, so scientists all over the world are looking for solutions to this ethical question…

  Using wood chips to create ethanol is a great way, as long as we’re using the kind of wood Scandinavia is famous for — the kind that doesn’t kill worldwide photosynthesis…

  In an article titled Moving Away from Food Source Ethanol, Alternative Fuels Blog talks about this, and I think it’s an excellent resource…

• Eco-City in Florida to Grow Crops for Bio Fuel

  24Sep
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Bio Fuels Comments: 0

  Energy farms are becoming more prevalent around the world. Basically, they are created with the intent to help economies become less dependent on fossil fuels and more welcoming of bio fuels. And to advance the development of bio fuels, the industry needs food stocks to produce the fuels. This is where the energy farms come into play. They grow crops that can be harvested for the production of agro-fuels.

  One such energy farm is Destiny, in Florida, which recently announced that it would become an eco-city spotlighting sustainable farming practices. Having already planted several hectares of sorghum, a type of grass, they plan to also plant algae and jatrophai in an attempt to manufacture bio fuels from non-food materials. Because the sorghum uses less water than corn and can thrive in less fertile soil, it may come to rival corn when making ethanol.

  

  Read more »

• Love Your Brazilian Coffee Beans? – Let Your Car get its Daily Fix Too

  17Sep
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Bio Fuels, Coffee Beans Comments: 1

  Previous to 2008, Brazil’s petroleum industry had a voluntary system where diesel was to include at least two percent bio fuel. This year, in 2008, it is now enforceable law and in 2013, the amount will increase to five percent. And since Brazil is known for its coffee beans, the defective or inferior beans have been seen as excellent raw materials for bio fuels. Not only does removing the beans from the international and local bean supply produce better coffee supply, but it also provides another useful purpose for the beans.

  In conjunction with Sindicafé (Sao Paulo Coffee Industry Union), the Federal University of Minas Gerais conducted tests to ensure the product’s viability. Not only is the reliability of the product important but also, the economics of using the beans for bio fuel versus selling the inferior beans to other coffee related industries. And even if proven that the bio fuel can work, there will be many steps to ensure the ideal comes to fruition. But in the meantime, individual companies within the coffee bean sector may choose to fuel their equipment with the diesel, as it will be much cheaper than gas stations. Further, the process is less expensive than using other food products because the supply of coffee bean oil already exists.

  Other oils that Brazil is testing are castor oil, palm oil and soybean oil with the intent of diversifying the raw materials used to produce clean burning bio fuels.

• Bio-Fuels – they the same as Alternative Fuels?

  03Sep
  Categories: Alternative Fuels, Bio Fuels, Ethanol Comments: 0
  

  bio fuels ethanol

  Bio fuels are indeed types of alternative fuels. There is some discussion, however, as to what constitutes a bio fuel. Some feel that it only refers to food source gasoline such as ethanol made from wheat, corn or sugar cane. Others believe that bio specifically refers to biodegradable, and others yet, understand bio to mean any sustainable resource such as plants and organic waste.

  Further, many scientists refer to bio fuels as agro-fuels, since the underlying composition of a bio fuel is that it is sustainable and it came from living organisms. Another form of bio fuel is bio diesel that is made from fats found in plants, cooking oils, soybean oil, canola oil and some animals.

  Read more »