BMW Group launches demo fleet for HVO100 diesel gas

BMW Group is utilizing its presence at Fleet Europe Days on 22-23 October in Luxembourg to reveal fleet decarbonisation options for operators. The automaker is showcasing a technical answer that allows all BMW diesels in a fleet to be fuelled solely with HVO100, a diesel alternative gas primarily based on renewable uncooked supplies, with refuelling information from automobiles in contrast with information from fleet operators’ fee methods to hint gas utilization.

BMW Group states the system supplies an vital step in direction of HVO100-only fleets for fleet clients, with the method enabling seamless monitoring of gas utilized by automobiles. Preliminary contractual agreements with operators of enormous BMW diesel fleets in Germany and Italy are imminent, with take a look at fleets offering information and findings for additional enchancment of the technical answer alongside BMW Group’s inner fleet.

“Our purpose is all the time to have extra environmentally pleasant and environment friendly automobiles on the street. With the diesel alternative gas HVO100, we’ve got a chance to cut back the CO2 footprint of auto fleets,” Dr Martin Kaufmann, Head of Powertrain Growth at BMW Group, mentioned in a press release. “Particularly within the space of fuels that aren’t primarily based on fossil fuels, we see a possible that we’re prepared to understand.”

Since January 2025, all diesel fashions produced in Germany are stuffed with HVO100 earlier than supply to sellers. BMW Group crops in Munich, Dingolfing, Regensburg and Leipzig use Neste MY Renewable Diesel HVO100, which permits carbon dioxide equal (CO2e) discount of as much as 90% well-to-wheel in contrast with fossil diesel, in accordance with the producer. The abbreviation HVO stands for hydrotreated vegetable oil, with the suffix 100 indicating pure gas at 100%. Preliminary filling at crops earlier than supply ranges from 5 to eight litres relying on mannequin.

Bernhard Kuhnt, Head of Gross sales Area Europe at BMW Group, added: “Fleet clients are extraordinarily vital for gross sales in Europe and on the similar time diesel stays an excellent powertrain expertise for a lot of fleets. Using HVO100 gives a technique to rapidly cut back CO2 emissions that takes into consideration particular person use instances—whether or not driving lengthy distances or towing a trailer—and might thus assist our fleet clients cut back their CO2 footprint.”

BMW Group is asking for implementation of the Renewable Vitality Directive (RED III), together with nationwide quotas requiring no less than 30% discount in greenhouse gasoline emissions from fuels, to be transposed into nationwide regulation by 2025. The corporate states greater than 250 million present automobiles in Europe can enhance their CO2 footprint if the proportion of renewable fuels will increase.

Dr Thomas Becker, Head of Coverage, Exterior Relations and Sustainability at BMW Group, mentioned: “The BMW Group calls for that each measure to cut back CO2 emissions is taken into consideration at each stage of a car’s life cycle. This additionally consists of using renewable fuels—particularly for automobiles that primarily run on CO2-neutral gas. These should be formally recognised in EU fleet laws. The fuels can be found, what we’d like now’s a realistic and rapidly implementable regulation that allows firms to develop improvements and make them marketable.”

BMW Group has accredited its automobiles for renewable fuels together with HVO100, B10 and eFuels in accordance with EN590 normal for diesel engines, and E25 and eFuels in accordance with EN228 normal for petrol engines. The corporate continues to spend money on what it describes as a broad portfolio spanning battery electrical automobiles, plug-in hybrids, hydrogen gas cells and combustion engines able to working on renewable fuels, following an “choices as a substitute of bans” method to technological growth.

SOURCE: BMW Group