New exhaust gas measurements reveal higher nitrogen oxide emissions by HVO100 in Mercedes E-Class Diesel
New exhaust gas measurements reveal higher nitrogen oxide emissions by HVO100 in Mercedes E-Class Diesel
Revalced fuel HVO100: German environmental aid discovers increased nitrogen oxide emissions with further diesel cars
In a current study, the Emission Control Institute (EKI) of the German Environmental Aid (DUH) found that the controversial diesel fuel HVO100 also leads to a significantly increased nitrogen oxide emissions (NOX) in a Mercedes E-Class Diesel. The measurements again refute the Minister of Transport that HVO100 can reduce local environmental pollution. This ensures further criticism of Minister Volker Wissing.
The examinations of the emission control institute show that the use of HVO100 leads to 17 percent higher NOx emissions compared to the use of conventional diesel fuel. This was found during comparison measurements on a VW Touareg Euro 5 and a Mercedes E 220 CDI. The Euro 5 diesel car thus emits the permitted limit of 180 mg nox/km.
Deutsche Environmental Aid criticizes the cooperation of the Minister of Transport with the oil industry and speaks of a lobbysal. It is particularly shocking for the environmental organization that the ministry has already found increased nitrogen oxide and fine dust emissions in its own research projects in 2023, but keeps these results under closure.
The managing director of German Environmental Aid, Jürgen Resch, emphasizes the need for an effective solution to reduce the pollution in German cities. In addition to the hardware retrofitting of diesel vehicles, he calls on Minister Wissing to promote a real turnaround in mobility.
also Axel Friedrich, head of the DUH's Emission Control Institute, confirms the increased nitrogen oxide emissions by using the HVO100 and rejects the Ministry's claim that the measurement procedure of the DUH would not deliver "reproducible measurement results".
In addition to the harmful effects, the use of HVO100 also represents massive import dependencies and fraud risks. 99.9 percent of the starting materials for HVO100 are imported from Asia, although it is likely to be declared palm oil.
The new measurement results of German environmental aid again throw a negative light on the controversial diesel fuel HVO100 and provide further arguments for a real change in traffic policy to reduce environmental impact in German cities.