“Since January 2025, all diesel models produced in Germany are being fueled with HVO100 before delivery to dealers. This step underlines BMW’s commitment to making decarbonisation possible and achievable today. The abbreviation HVO stands for ‘Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil’ and the suffix ‘100’ indicates that it is filled with 100 per cent pure fuel.

“Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ HVO100 is used at the BMW Group plants in Munich, Dingolfing, Regensburg and Leipzig. The fuel from Finnish manufacturer Neste enables a CO2reduction of up to 90% (well to wheel) compared to fossil diesel. The initial filling at the plants before delivery to the BMW Group dealer organization is five to eight liters, depending on the model.

“For the BMW Group, technological openness is a top priority. Options instead of bans is its motto. The company continues to invest in a broad portfolio – from battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells to highly efficient combustion engines that can run on renewable fuels.

“The BMW Group has long approved its vehicles for a variety of renewable fuels – including HVO100, B10 and eFuels according to the EN590 standard for diesel engines, and E25 and eFuels according to the EN228 standard for petrol engines,” BMW said.