Volkswagen teams up with biofuel companies

Car manufacture Volkswagen in the US has teamed up with biofuels companies Solazyme and Amyris to evaluate the amount of emissions produced by cars running on biofuel in order to show the environmental benefits. Volkswagen is to supply the companies with two cars the 2012 Passat TDI and 2012 Jetta TDI so that they can examine the effects the fuels will have on the Volkswagen clean diesel technology and the environment.

"Amyris' renewable diesel's proven superior cold weather performance, high cetane and comparable energy density to petroleum diesel have enabled us to obtain one of the highest blending registrations certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency," says Mario Portela, COO of Amyris. Read more ...