Biofuels will be used for competitive racing in the 2008 season of the World Touring Car Championship. This is in tandem with the current mix of petrol and diesel. They are also planning to go the Full Monty by 2009 replacing all fossil fuel with biofuels.
Last year, Indy Car Racing also announced that they are using biofuels to power their race engines. The added media mileage of seeing the performance of biofuels in competitive racing could do well to promote the use of this fuel for mainstream adoption. Not to mention that competitive racing is a very good testing ground for further development of the fuel as well as for new engine technology purposely designed to maximize the energy derived from it.
Article here, originally from businessweek.
Category: Biodiesel, Bioethanol, Automotive
