BMW began filling diesel engines with vegetable oil in new cars

The press service of the Bavarian brand announced the transition to HVO100 biofuel. This fuel was created by the Finnish company Neste from food waste, mainly used cooking oil for deep-frying. All diesel engines produced in Germany will be fueled with hydrotreated vegetable fuel, and the very first launch of the units will take place on HVO100!

For now, the plant fuel will only be used to move around the plants before being shipped to dealers. BMW intends to completely stop burning diesel fuel at its factories from January 2025. Carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced tenfold. However, customers will continue to receive cars with diesel in the tank.

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In Germany, paraffinic biofuel HVO has been approved since May 2024, and in other EU countries such fuel has been available for several years. In addition to the environment, advantages over diesel are better cold starting at sub-zero temperatures and resistance to microbial contamination. All BMW diesel engines produced since 2015 are compatible with this fuel.

Unlike its competitors, BMW is confident in the long-term future of diesel engines. Five years ago, BMW Group board member Klaus Fröhlich suggested that heavy fuel engines would last another 20 years. So far there is no talk of abandoning diesel engines: the units have been adapted to Euro-7 econorms, and even previously unseen combinations are being added to new models.

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