In the present day is Monday, April 22, 2024.
Stellantis and Honda just lately introduced curiosity in ethanol as a key gas for extra sustainable mobility. Along with resuming the deal with the manufacturing of ethanol-powered autos, there may also be the usage of rather more trendy applied sciences, together with in synergy with hybrid options.
O The use of ethanol as a vehicle fuel in Brazil dates back to the 1970s, when successive oil worth crises led the nation to create the Professional-Alcohol Program. Since then, the fleet of ethanol-powered vehicles in Brazil has solely grown, particularly after digital injection know-how, which allowed the combination of gas within the autos’ tanks, with out affecting their efficiency. The identical automobile can run on 100% ethanol or 100% gasoline or any combination of those two fuels. These autos are often called FLEX. At present, 80% of the Brazilian automobile fleet has FLEX engines, with greater than 40 million vehicles bought within the final 20 years. Even gasoline itself already has 27.5% (35% quickly) of ethanol blended in, leading to higher air high quality in Brazilian cities, in comparison with different locations.
Stellantis, an organization created in January 2021, from the merger between the Fiat Chrysler (FCA) and Peugeot-Citroën (PSA) teams, with a imaginative and prescient of sustainable mobility, launched a comparability of CO2 emissions, confirming some great benefits of ethanol for extra sustainable mobility. Adopting the “cradle to grave” idea within the exams, that’s, the whole life cycle of the automotive, take a look at the attention-grabbing outcomes:
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Gas (E27): 60,64 kg CO2eq
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100% electrical (BEV) with European power: 30.41 kg CO2eq
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Etanol (E100): 25,79 kg CO2eq
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100% electrical (BEV) with Brazilian power: 21.45 kg CO2eq
In accordance with the Stellantis press launch, “the results prove the comparative advantages of the Brazilian energy matrix, mainly the importance of biofuels”. The automobile fueled with ethanol reduces the carbon footprint by greater than 60%.
Click on on the picture beneath to learn extra in regards to the research talked about above, in addition to the BIO-ELECTRO platform, the Brazilian hybrid that mixes ethanol and electrification, along with discovering out extra about Stellantis’ decarbonization technique. On the finish of the press launch there’s a video evaluating CO2 emissions in actual time.
About Honda, in keeping with its press launch dated April 19, 2024, “Honda values ethanol as a fuel from a natural, renewable source and available on a large scale in Brazil, aligned with a low-carbon economy. With this announcement, Honda Automóveis do Brasil will take an important step towards the diversification of electrified products in its portfolio, with the introduction of its exclusive e:HEV flex technology in the Brazilian market.” In different phrases, hybrid-flex know-how.
Lastly, it’s price mentioning that Toyota had additionally already famous Brazil’s state of affairs as a significant producer of ethanol – low carbon – and with nationwide infrastructure already obtainable to be used: “The best solution for Brazil in Toyota’s view is the hybrid-FLEX !”. Click on here and see the image of the post.
