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   Legal validation: 31/03/2011

Alternative Fuel and Alternative Power Vehicles

An alternative fuel vehicle is a vehicle that runs on a fuel other than ’traditional’ fossil or petroleum fuels (petrol or diesel). These alternative fuels are called ’biofuels’.

Biofuels, such as biodiesel and bioethanol, are made from plant materials like used vegetable oils, rape, wheat or sugar beet.

Another biofuel is biogas, which is the gaseous product of the anaerobic digestion (decomposition without oxygen) of organic matter. It is also known as landfill gas or digester gas. Once upgraded to the required level of purity (and compressed or liquified), biogas can be used as an alternative vehicle fuel

A vehicle that has an engine powered by an energy source other than fossil-based fuel or biofuel is called an alternative power vehicle. Such alternative power vehicles include electric cars, hybrid cars and solar cars.

Alternative fuels for vehicles

Traffic levels in Europe are constantly growing and so does the pollution. Biofuels could play an important role in helping the EU reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. This is because unlike traditional fossil fuels they are almost ‘carbon neutral’, only releasing back into the atmosphere carbon dioxide that was removed when the plants they are made from were growing. Biodiesel and bioethanol can be mixed with ordinary diesel or petrol and used in normal cars. In general, diesel and petrol containing 5% of these biofuels can be used in all vehicles without modification to the engine. (...) Read more

Alternative power for vehicles

Heavy taxes on fuel and on high emission cars (old or high cylinder), the generally increasing price of oil, and the possibility of further restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, has made alternative power vehicles a high priority for governments and vehicle manufacturers around the world. Read more

 
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