(Notícia em Inglês)
Toyota Motor Corporation has teamed up with Hino Motors Ltd. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. to test out a biodiesel formulation on the Hino Blue Ribbon City Hybrid buses in Japan. The diesel-electric hybrid transit buses will be powered by a Shell-formulated gas-to-liquid (GTL) Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuel. The GTL is then combined with renewable hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), forming a biodiesel product that's suitable for use in the Hino hybrid buses.
The biodiesel hybrid bus trials are funded by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with the goal of confirming that the GTL-HVO mixture can successfully be used for an extensive amount of time without modifying any existing vehicle components.
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Toyota Motor Corporation has teamed up with Hino Motors Ltd. and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. to test out a biodiesel formulation on the Hino Blue Ribbon City Hybrid buses in Japan. The diesel-electric hybrid transit buses will be powered by a Shell-formulated gas-to-liquid (GTL) Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuel. The GTL is then combined with renewable hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO), forming a biodiesel product that's suitable for use in the Hino hybrid buses.
The biodiesel hybrid bus trials are funded by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with the goal of confirming that the GTL-HVO mixture can successfully be used for an extensive amount of time without modifying any existing vehicle components.
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