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Volkswagen has added two Scirocco GT24-CNG’s to the mix for the 24 hour race. This will complement the three 440hp Golf24‘s, one of which will be racing at this weekends VLN. These five cars are factory efforts. Continue reading ‘Two Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG’s for the Nurburgring 24 Hour’
The two Team Biogas.se Volkswagen drivers Fredrik Ekblom and Patrik Olsson struggled in the first Scandiavian Touring Car Championship race weekend. The pair only managed to get two points.
“It was a long time since I had such a bad race weekend. This day was unfortunately a disappointment,” said Ekblom. Continue reading ‘STCC: Disappointing season start for Biogas.se Volkswagen’
Successful bio natural gas demonstration with the Cup-Scirocco R
An eco-conscious vehicle, a small comeback and a convincing performance: the Cup-Scirocco R demonstrated climate-friendly motorsport “powered by bio natural gas” as the course-opening car at the Germany Rally. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Scirocco R shows it loves dirt at the Germany Rally’
The Spaniard who won the Dakar Rally with Volkswagen in January will drive a bio natural gas-powered Scirocco R as the course-opening car at the 2010 ADAC Rally Germany (19–22 August) on Friday. His team colleague Nasser Al-Attiyah will pilot the eco-conscious vehicle on Saturday and Sunday. Continue reading ‘WRC: Carlos Sainz and Al-Attiyah Nasser attack Rally Germany in the Volkswagen Scirocco R’
The UK’s first people-powered VW Beetle has taken to the streets of Bristol in what has been hailed as a breakthrough in the drive to encourage sustainable power. The Bio-Bug runs on methane gas generated during the sewage treatment process. Waste flushed down the toilets of just 70 homes in Bristol is enough to power the Bio-Bug for a year, based on an annual mileage of 10,000 miles. (continue reading…)
Polestar Racing took back the lead in Falkenberg and has a 15 point advantage with 220 over Team biogas.se at 205. Team biogas.se drivers Patrik Olsson and Fredrik Ekblom are looking to take back the lead at Round 6 this weekend. (continue reading…)
Fredrik Ekblom scored a brace of fourth places and claimed 24 championship points in the process during the fifth race weekend of the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) at Falkenberg. (continue reading…)
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Volkswagen celebrated a historic victory in the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC): from the pole position, Fredrik Ekblom (S) won the series’ second round at Karlskoga in the biogas-powered Scirocco CNG. His team colleague Patrik Olsson (S) completed the good result with a fifth-place finish. The second race, as well, had a positive outcome for Volkswagen: Ekblom and Olsson took places six and seven. At the Dakar Rally Volkswagen had made history with alternative power as well after having been the the first manufacturer, in 2009, to have won the automobile classification with a diesel engine and repeating this triumph in 2010. (continue reading…)
