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Audi produces new e-fuels with waste water and CO2

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Audi has developed two new e-fuels using different waste materials. These combine salt or waste water with waste CO2, sunlight and special genetically modified microorganisms suspended in pipes. Audi says its e-ethanol can power petrol vehicles with only minor [.].

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Time to run your car on recycled rubbish?

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The world is constantly looking for greener alternatives to petrol with everything from electricity to vegetable oil trialled by motorists and manufacturers. Now, one entrepreneur believes he has found a technology to turn today’s waste into tomorrow’s fuel.

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Lexus introduces eco-upholstery in the CT 200h

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Part of the revived range for the brand’s to-date underwhelming petrol-electric hybrid, it is packed with technology including the oft-underestimated fuel-saving gadget of sat nav: no more wasted fuel in getting lost. The greenest car in the world is still wasting [.].

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£25 million fund for sustainable biofuel project

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A £25 million investment in a new demonstration waste to fuel plant, will help the UK explore advance biofuels as a replacement for petrol and diesel. The £25 million of capital funding will be offered in a competition for the best demonstration of the use of municipal waste and forestry residues [.]. Biofuels'

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Don’t panic! Save fuel by inflating your tyres

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As motorists across the country top up their tanks to weather an impending strike by fuel tanker drivers, causing queues at petrol forecourts across the country, Kwik Fit is issuing a reminder to drivers of just how much fuel is wasted due to under-inflated tyres. According to a Kwik Fit survey, over two thirds of [.].

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Burger King goes eco-friendly

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Hot on the heels of McDonald’s announcing it will install an electric vehicle charging station at one of its North Carolina restaurants (for more see our article ‘ McDonald’s embraces electric cars ‘), Burger King has jumped on the fast food green car bandwagon.

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BMW looks into intelligent heat management

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BMW discussed the idea during its recent Innovation Days 2009 event and looked at projects including reducing cold starts; using waste heat for different heating applications; and the implementation of a thermoelectric generator for waste heat recovery.

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