Volkswagen Will Adopt Ethanol as a Source of Electrification in Brazil and Considers Producing Vehicles with Flexible Hybrid Engines, Like Toyota Does

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Published on 01/08/2021 at 10:47

Updated on 01/08/2021 at 12:51

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Following The Steps Of Japanese Toyota, Volkswagen Claims It Will Adopt Ethanol As The Best Path For The Electrification Of The National Vehicle Market And Considers Producing Vehicles With Flex Hybrid Engine

As Brazil lags behind in the race for fully electric cars, which are currently a distant dream for national consumers, Volkswagen follows Toyota’s footsteps and intends to launch vehicles with flex hybrid engines that use ethanol. The estimate is that Volkswagen’s system could follow the “recipe” of a 2012 version of the Jetta.

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Volkswagen And Its Strategy For The Ethanol Market

During an event for Brazilian press on Wednesday (28), the president of the automaker for Brazil and Latin America, Pablo Di Si, admitted that it will adopt ethanol for sustainable mobility in the national market. According to the executive, it is not enough to just look at the car’s exhaust; it is necessary to understand the system as a whole.

Di Si mentions the pollution produced by electric cars when taking the entire chain into consideration. According to research conducted by the Sugarcane Industry Union (UNICA), while a fully electric vehicle can emit 54 g of CO2/km, a vehicle with a flex hybrid engine emits 37 gCO2/km. For the CEO of the institution, Evandro Gussi, currently the most basic car that uses ethanol as fuel in Brazil is cleaner than any electric car in Europe.

According to the director, it is not a matter of “electric car versus ethanol,” but rather “electric car plus ethanol.” The director states that the transition process to electric cars brings some advantages and gains in terms of efficiency compared to combustion engines, but in Brazil’s case, it is necessary to also solve the problem of electricity generation. According to Gussi, if your energy generation is not clean, with low carbon emissions, the problem is still unresolved.

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As the first company to bring a vehicle of this type, Toyota claims it will be more advantageous to invest in electric, hydrogen-powered, and hybrid vehicles. According to Masahiro Inoue, president of Toyota for Latin America and the Caribbean, hybrid engine propulsion is the best way to make the Brazilian automotive market more sustainable.

Thanks to the flex hybrid engine vehicle developed by Toyota, it is possible to utilize the environmental benefits of ethanol, which has a strong national presence, and also to forget a bit about investments in charging networks for electric vehicles.

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