Fredrik Ekblom and Patrik Olsson added points to their score at the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) round at the Jyllandsringen in Denmark. Continue reading ‘STCC: Fredrik Ekblom and Patrik Olsson score points in Denmark’
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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…)
Innovative 24-hour technology at the endurance classic par excellence – driven by a motorsport legend: The Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG successful at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife was presented to the adoring motorsport public at Le Mans. (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…)
With most of the focus put on the leading Audi vs Porsche battle and attrition, Volkswagen was cranking out the laps right behind them. Not literally but the 330hp bio-gas powered Scirocco’s held their own amongst the top 25. While some of the top tier cars had numerous issues, the Scirocco’s had zero. With many production based parts, the Scirocco’s were running the ultra reliable DSG six-speed double clutch gearbox and electro-mechanical steering. there were a few accidents which did result in changing parts but overall it was indestructible. In the end, the #117 Scirocco landed 16th overall out of 200. Continue reading ‘Top 16 finish and class win for the Volkswagen Scirocco GT24-CNG at the Nurburgring 24 Hour’
With bio natural gas into the “Green Hell”: the three Volkswagen teams of the factory-fielded and factory-prepared Scirocco GT24-CNG are tackling the Nürburgring 24 Hours from 12 to 16 May with supreme motivation. (continue reading…)
