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Technology for recharging electric cars with ethanol, coveted by Bosch, Volkswagen and Nissan, comes from renewable sources and promises to eliminate the use of batteries
Can you imagine having a fully electric car that, to charge the battery, does not need plugs, being able to fill it up at any gas station? The multinational Nissan, in partnership with the Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research, linked to USP, bets on the use of ethanol to generate hydrogen and, from this chemical element, produce electricity! The feat is still being studied, but it may be the way for Brazil to compensate for delays in the evolution of vehicles and participate in the global electrification process.
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Studies began in 2016, by Nissan do Brasil, and tests have already been carried out with a prototype. Research should be completed in 2025. “We can launch a little earlier, a little later. It will depend on how the studies evolve,” said Ricardo Abe, engineering manager at Nissan. Like the 100% electric cars, those powered by ethanol cells will have zero pollutant emissions, as the sugarcane crop captures CO2. “This technology has the potential to take the Brazilian market to a new level”. said, to DINHEIRO, the CEO of Nissan for Mercosur, Airton Cousseau. “Nissan is the automaker that is closest to this, the most advanced in the studies of this innovation,” he said.
To continue with the research and make the new fuel viable, the executive discards any tax or fiscal incentive. Cousseau is unapologetically opposed to government incentives, such as the former Inovar-Auto and Rota 2030. “I am against tax incentives because this business doesn't work. We just need to be able to compete and have a coherent tax burden,” said Cousseau, who has worked in China, Mexico and the United States for the last 30 years. A more efficient fuel and, consequently, lighter on the consumer's pocket, arrives at a good time. According to the Ticket Log Price Index (IPTL), the average prices of gasoline and ethanol increased again in May, compared to the previous month. In comparison with the same period last year, ethanol advanced 50,40% in the last 12 months and was found at R$ 4,822. Gasoline, on the other hand, is 44,77% more expensive, and was sold at R$ 5,798.
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Bosch, Nissan and Volkswagen are betting on technology that obtains hydrogen from ethanol; the fuel comes to revolutionize the car industry in the world
The large multinationals Bosch, Nissan and Volkswagen believe in the electrification of cars using ethanol. The Union of the Alcohol Manufacturing Industry in the State of Paraíba (Sindalcool-PB) participated in a virtual meeting, on June 02nd, to deepen the understanding between ethanol producers and the automobile industry.
The meeting was attended by the president of Bosch in Latin America, Besaliel Botelho, and the director of the Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineering and Bright Consulting, Ricardo Simões Abreu, representatives of all ethanol producing states in Brazil and also leaders such as the president of the Sugarcane Industry Union (UNICA), Evandro Gussi, and the president of the National Sugarcane Energy Forum, André Rocha.
Ethanol producers were optimistic about the new turn that the biofuel could reach in the coming years. “The hydrogen fuel cell is a long-term partnership that we want to build with Bosch, which today is a company that earns seven billion in Latin America. For sure, it is a brand that has great contribution in the world. We hope that the ethanol fuel cell technology developed here will reach countries like India, which has 9 of the 10 most polluted cities in the world”, said the president of Sindalcool-PB, Edmundo Barbosa, who hosted the event and also conducted the dialogues.
Bosch believes in the Brazilian potential and announced a R$ 170 million plan to nationalize a diesel engine injector production line in Curitiba
The German multinational auto parts manufacturer Bosch was against the movement of the car manufacturers Ford, Chevrolet, Honda and Audi, who decided to withdraw or reduce production in Brazil, and brought to the country the production of injectors and injector nozzles for trucks, that were produced in their factories in the United States, thus expanding the division of diesel injection systems at its factory in Curitiba.
This is an opportunity for Brazil to sell products to other countries that are beginning to stop being manufactured in other regions. “This line will supply Europe and the United States”, he points out. “Brazil needs to seek in manufacturing the axis for export”.
Despite a very adverse year, Bosch increased its revenue in 2020. The operation in Latin America reached revenues of BRL 6,9 billion, an increase of almost 6% compared to the previous year. With 8,2 employees, the Brazilian subsidiary accounted for 74% of sales volume in the region. Of the R$ 5,1 billion in revenue in the country, 26% was obtained from exports to Latin America, North America and Europe.
Former CEO of Renault – Nissan required his team to copy diesel engine fraud from Volkswagen, the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, to cheat vehicle emissions results
Carlos Ghosn, the then all-powerful member of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, was summoned to testify last month in French court in two cases. The first, related to emissions fraud. The second concerns tax fraud. But not only the French automaker circumvented the system: the multinational Volkwagen and other giants, among them Audi, Renault, Opel, BMW and Mercedes, were also caught involved in the scandal of fraud in diesel engine emissions.
Even in Brazil there was fraud in the control of emissions. In 1995, Fiat was fined by Cetesb (Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo) for the emissions of the Uno Mille Electronic, as the car exceeded the legal limits, despite passing the homologation tests.
