| Volkswagen, world's fourth largest car manufacturer | | | | Jürgen Leohold, director of Volkswagen |
| after GM, Toyota and Ford has earlier published its | | | | Corporate Research, "The high-temperature fuel cell |
| powertrain roadmap which is intended to create a | | | | will make the total system in the car lighter, more |
| petroleum-free future. Fossil fuels need to be used as | | | | compact, durable and economical." They expect to |
| sparingly as possible. Hence, in an effort to clean air | | | | start testing their new fuel cell design in vehicles in |
| and regulate the use of fossil fuels, VW releases a | | | | 2009, but don't foresee production before 2020. The |
| roadmap that advances auto parts Volkswagen. | | | | roadmap to an epoch free of oil is a strategy of VW |
| Automaker's direct injection systems (TSI), | | | | that integrates highly innovative technologies to most |
| turbo-diesels (TDI), and dual clutch gearboxes (DSG) | | | | excellent types of powertrains these days like the TDI, |
| are some of the auto parts technologies that VW is | | | | TSI and DSG. Clean TDI engines are special |
| concentrating on. These modern internal combustion | | | | component of BLUETEC. These innovative |
| technologies will be mated to electric motors in new | | | | technologies from the automaker can be had through |
| hybrid powertrains. The diesels are also being | | | | pure electrical traction. Clean TDI engines are set to |
| enhanced with the BlueTec emissions control | | | | comply with the strictest emissions laws around the |
| technology from Mercedes. Subsequently, the | | | | globe. CCS is designed to serve as a key technology |
| automaker will be replacing fossil fuels with biofuels like | | | | for a society which is free from petroleum. On the one |
| cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel. This is done to | | | | hand, HTFC could serve as a breakthrough for |
| neutralize fuels carbon and avoid generating carbon | | | | hydrogen-powered vehicles. The prototypes of HTFC |
| dioxide from the combustion. In addition, VW's long | | | | will be open for trials in 2009. In addition, the first |
| term goal is work on high-temperature fuel-cells | | | | production versions are expected to arrive before |
| (HTFC). This is because the automaker believes that | | | | 2020. VW will continue with its study about creating |
| the low-temperature being used these days have no | | | | more powerful powertrains that won't make |
| bright future in the auto industry so it is aiming for | | | | environment suffer. The mentioned viable engine types |
| something different yet better. According to Prof. Dr. | | | | will soon invade the roads. |