A new German test reveals that the synthetic HVO100 diesel gives a higher consumption, but in return pollutes up to 90 percent less.
The latest diesel cars – i.e. those that meet the Euronorm 6e and 6d norm – can run on synthetic diesel without any problems. The so-called HVO100 diesel.
And that is good news. Because the artificially created diesel, which can be made from waste products such as used cooking oil, pollutes up to 90 percent less.
This is shown by a new test , which the German answer to FDM, ADAC, is behind.
In the test, ADAC poured HVO diesel on a BMW 520d Touring, a Mercedes E 220 d, a Škoda Superb Combi 2.0 TDI and a Volkswagen Caddy 2.0 TDI.
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All the cars are pre-approved from the factory in such a way that there is no problem in filling them with synthetic diesel. In any case, the manufacturers guarantee that the cars can easily handle it.
In a corresponding test from 2022, a BMW 320d Touring from 2013 (Euro-norm 6b) was used as a test piece. At that time, the BMW already had a short 280,000 kilometers.
The ADAC measurements have shown that the HVO diesel works without problems. Actually also in the older diesel cars. Speaking of the slightly older diesel cars, the pollution from them even drops when they run on synthetic diesel.
In new diesel cars, the pollution from the exhaust is already so small that there is only a minor advantage to trace by pouring synthetic diesel rather than bioethanol-mixed 'ordinary' diesel on crude oil in the car. But the advantage is.
If you look at the emission of NOx particles, HVO diesel really stands out from conventional diesel. ADAC was able to measure this in particular in the tested BMW.
On regular B7 diesel, 11.4 milligrams of NOx particles escaped per short kilometer out. That figure dwindled to 9.3 milligrams per kilometer. In fact, all but one test car, the Škoda, went down in NOx emissions on the synthetic fuel.
The penalty is slightly higher consumption. The BMW uses B7 diesel – i.e. ordinary diesel – 5.83 liters per 100 kilometers. This corresponds to 17.15 kilometers per litre. With HVO100 diesel, consumption rose to 16.6 kilometers per litre.
The problem is that HVO diesel is not very widespread. At least not here at home. The energy company OK, for example, only has the fuel at five locations in Denmark: in Koge, Odense, two locations in Copenhagen and in Aarhus.
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