Audi A3 TDI Travels 1,000 Miles Using New Synthetic Diesel Fuel

With the increasing impacts of global warming, the need of the alternate fuel resources has become inevitable in order to protect our environment form harmful emission of gases. One such milestone is achieved by the two Audi A3s which travelled 1,000 miles by using a new synthetic diesel fuel. It is pretty impressive, no doubt.

RenDiesel was used in the two 2011 A3 TDI models. RenDiesel is a synthetic fuel which is made from organic compounds and green waste found in landfills. RenDiesel is a fuel that produces less volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions than the regular diesel fuel or ethanol. RenDiesel is produced in Rialto, California by RenTech. The three organizations RenTech, Audi of America and Green Car journal, successfully managed to fuel the two Audi A3s from Eureka, California to San Diego, California, covering the distance of about 1,000 miles.

This project comes up with a number of positive points. Firstly, it helps us to know that a synthetic diesel fuel is pretty much capable of fueling a car. Secondly, it shows that it boost up the mileage rating of a car. In this case, one car was able to cover 43mph while other car covered 39.7mph. Both the cars traveled with an average of 42 miles per gallon.

Another benefit of RenDiesel fuel is that it will increase the sale of the diesel cars in future. Today more and more importance is given to the fuel efficiency of the car, so this can now be achieved with RenDiesel, a synthetic fuel.

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