Eni and BMW Group have signed an agreement to supply BMW corporate fleets in Italy with Enilive’s HVOlution, a 100 per cent renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) diesel fuel designed to reduce road transport emissions.
The initiative supports BMW’s strategy to promote
lower-carbon mobility solutions alongside its range of powertrain technologies.
Produced by Enilive from renewable feedstocks, HVOlution
achieved an average 79.5 per cent reduction in CO₂ equivalent emissions across
its supply chain in 2025 compared with conventional fossil fuels.
BMW has approved the
use of HVO fuels for diesel models registered from late 2014 onwards that are
equipped with Generation B diesel engines.
The fleet programme includes vehicles operating across
Italy, Germany and Austria, supported by around 1,700 Enilive stations offering
HVOlution.
BMW and Eni are also developing fuel-tracking solutions to
improve transparency and traceability, helping accelerate the adoption of
renewable fuels across Europe’s existing vehicle fleet.
Dr Martin Kaufmann, SVP Powertrain Development at BMW Group,
said: “We are very happy to collaborate with Eni in our test and demo fleet. In
this case this has more than one benefit: Eni is using BMW vehicles in their
corporate fleet, at the same time is Enilive a major force in pushing renewable
fuels in Europe. With HVOlution, Enilive has a very good product available
delivering CO₂eq emissions reduction every day.”
Stefano Ballista, Chief Executive Officer of Enilive, commented: “The development of our cooperation with BMW Group and BMW Italia marks another significant step toward the decarbonisation of road transport and represents a tangible example of integrated partnership between the automotive and energy industries. Enilive biorefineries in Venice and Gela process mainly waste and residues, such as used cooking oil and animal fats, to produce HVO biofuels, that can be used in all validated diesel engines. As a drop-in fuel, pure HVO does not require engines or distribution infrastructure modifications, making it a readily available and effective solution to accelerate the decarbonisation of transport today.” -OGN/TradeArabia News Service
