E-diesel is Audi's new fuel created by combining water, carbon dioxide, and renewable energy

We’ve all heard about cars that can supposedly run on water, but I think we can all agree that you would be hard pressed to find one just cruising down the streets in most places. But what if water-based fuel can be much more common and what if a major car company would be manufacturing it? As it happens, that’s exactly what’s going on in Germany right now where Audi recently announced their brand new e-diesel fuel. In order to create this new type of fuel the car manufacturer apparently needs only three main ingredients: water, carbon dioxide, and a renewable source of energy, either solar or wind. Audi worked on this very exciting project with a green technology company that goes by the name of Sunfire.

Although it may seem a bit hard to believe, e-diesel is 100% environmentally friendly and could very likely revolutionize the car industry in the near future. According to the manufacturing breakdown made public by Audi, the first step in creating e-diesel is to collect renewable energy, which helps to power the high-temperature electrolysis process that separates water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is not needed for the process and is released into the atmosphere while the hydrogen is fed into a conversion reactor. Meanwhile, a different facility collects carbon dioxide from the air, which is then also added to the reactor in order to create something called “Blue Crude” in combination with hydrogen. Blue Crude is then processed into a refinery and turned into the final product, e-diesel.

Audi, Sunfire, and even the German government are all very happy with this innovative and clean fuel, but it may take some time before you’ll be able to power your car with it. The companies involved are saying that e-diesel is not yet ready for industrial scale production and that only small quantities of the fuel can be produced in the next few months. However, Audi and Sunfire and working around the clock to take the next step and mass produce e-diesel, which means that we can probably expect to hear much more about it in the very near future.

This is how e-diesel is being created

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E-diesel is Audi"s new fuel created by combining water, carbon dioxide, and renewable energy