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25% less CO₂ compared to pure fossil fuels: Aral pilots two new lower carbon fuels in Germany

  • Aral pilots two new fuels that reduce CO2 emissions by at least 25% compared to pure fossil fuels* – Aral Futura Super 95 and Aral Futura Diesel
  • Both fuels contain at least 30% of high-quality renewable components, including a significant share of advanced renewable components**
  • Both Futura fuels are publicly available for customers at one Aral station in Berlin and one in Düsseldorf, as of today
  • State Secretary Luksic and Aral CEO Wendeler today refuel the first vehicle in Berlin at Holzmarktstraße

Aral is piloting two new fuels – Aral Futura Super 95 and Aral Futura Diesel. Both fuels reduce CO2 emissions compared to pure fossil fuels by at least 25%* and contain at least 30% of high-quality renewable components, including a significant share of advanced renewable components**. They are now publicly available for customers at one Aral station in Berlin and one in Düsseldorf. The first official fill of a passenger car happened today at the Berlin Holzmarktstraße site in the presence of Oliver Luksic, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Department for Digital Affairs and Transport.

Patrick Wendeler, CEO of Aral AG, said: "We believe that petrol and diesel fuels that save CO2 emissions can play an important role in the energy transition of transport – even as it continues to broader vehicle electrification and the diversification of drives such as bio-LNG, bio-CNG and hydrogen in heavy-duty transport. With our new fuels, we demonstrate what is already possible within the existing fuels standards today.”

*From production to end use by the customer (‘Well-to-Wheel’), the CO2 reductions for Aral Futura Diesel and Aral Futura Super 95 are calculated according to 38th BImSchV using 95.1 gCO2e/MJ and 93.3 gCO2e/MJ as the CO2e values for 100% fossil diesel and gasoline, respectively.

** This refers to advanced biofuels according to RED II Annex IX Part A.

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