Audi’s research facility in Dresden has claimed to have developed high-quality diesel fuel which is climate neutral from water, CO2 and renewable energy.
Cars being sold today are nearly seven grammes of CO2/Km below the European Union’s 2015 target, according to provisional data published by the EU Environment Agency.
The European Parliament has endorsed proposals to limit the amount of crop-based biofuels used in transport to 7%, down from the current 10% by 2020 target.
The Liberal Democrats are aiming to stimulate at least £100 billion of private investment in the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure and want a third of the UK’s energy demand to be met from renewable sources by 2020.
According to a report by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Würtemberg (ZSW), more than 740,000 electric cars were on the road so far in 2015.
Demand for alternatively-fuelled vehicles in the UK experienced unprecedented growth, according to official figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
