The pilot project kicked off on July 15; now, 20 vehicles will run on Nexa 95 fuel for a period of six months. They will be operating in regular traffic and thus under real-world conditions. According to the manufacturer Repsol, Nexa 95 is a biogenic gasoline substitute produced from waste and residual materials. Compared to conventional gasoline, it is said to reducenet CO2 emissions by about 70 percent.
Repsol is the only company in Spain so far that currently offers 100 percent renewable gasoline at public gas stations, said Estíbaliz Pombo Barés, Deputy Director of Mobility Energy Products at the oil company.
Bosch's Digital Fuel Twin handlesthe digital tracking of fuel consumption: It is designed to collect and validate fuel data from various sources, including vehicle data, gas stations, and fuel card transactions.
Project Tests Renewable Fuels in Existing Vehicles
The project aims to achieve three core objectives: ensuring the market availability of renewable gasoline, ensuring the availability of digital tracking and certification technologies, and demonstrating that existing vehicles can be powered entirely by renewable fuels using the existing infrastructure.
The vehicles used include passenger cars from the Toyota and Lexus brands, as well as those from the BMW fleet. In addition, these are vehicles that run exclusively on eligible fuels (Vehicles Running Exclusively on Eligible Fuels, VEEF).
The term “eligible fuels” refers to renewable, low-carbon fuels that meet the sustainability criteria set forth in the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED). This category includes, among others, renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO). These encompass renewable energy sources that are not based on biomass, such as green hydrogen and its derivatives.
The results are to be incorporated into the EU policy debate
The data and findings from the pilot project are intended to inform policy discussions in Europe regarding the decarbonization of the automotive industry. The participating companies aim to demonstrate that renewable fuels can contribute toCO2 reduction in a complementary and scalable manner. EU policymakers, the media, and industry decision-makers will be kept informed of interim results.
