Audi’s Biodiesel Racer Wins Le Mans
You may see city buses or taxi cabs running on biodiesel in one form or another - but how about a race car? Not just any racer - a vehicle so technologically advanced that it can ride at max speed for 24 hours (almost) nonstop. Leave it to Audi’s automotive expertise to not only design such an automobile, but to have it take first place at 2008’s 24-Hours of Le Mans.
Audi’s R10 came in first with a mix of Shell V-Power Gas-To-Liquid diesel and a Biomass-to-Diesel fuel. What’s so special about the Biomass fuel? How about the face that it does not threaten any corn crops (won’t raise the price of pasta) and has a clean exhaust output. See, now green-loving purists can enjoy a 24-hour endurance race too!
Audi’s win did not come easy, biodiesel or not. France’s Peugeot racer followed behind in a close second for much of the later competition, as seen below. Keeping the drama high while bringing fossil fuel emissions to an all time low, that’s Audi’s goal, and they succeed at Le Mans.
photos by Robin Thompson via Jalopnik
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