Alternative Fuel News

• A car that runs on compressed air? It’s a reality. Read up here. And I’ve embedded a pretty informative video below:
  
• A Volkswagen Jetta TDI (reviewed here) has become the world’s first professional racing car to run on biodiesel (pictured).
  

• The fuel economy of diesel, which I’ve blogged about a number of times, enabled the 650 horsepower (!) V12 Audi R10 TDI to cruise to victory at the 12 hour LeMans, despite being forced by race officials to install a smaller fuel tank in order to keep the race competitive for “regular” gasoline cars. Catch the full story here. I’ve seen reports that Audi plans to equip a high-end version of it’s hulking Q7 luxury SUV (=Volkswagen Touareg/Porsche Cayenne) with the V12 found on the R10. If you want to get an idea of what V12 power means on an SUV, check out this video of what even a V10 can do. You won’t believe your eyes.