Neste, BMW link up for renewable diesel new car fill-ups

In Finland, Neste and BMW announced a collaboration for the supply of renewable diesel. BMW will purchase Neste MY Renewable Diesel and use the fuel for the initial fill of diesel vehicles leaving their manufacturing plants in Germany. This will see Neste’s renewable diesel being used in the BMW plants in Munich, Dingolfing, Leipzig, and Regensburg. The transition of the initial filling to HVO100 will thereby affect more than half of the global production volume of BMW’s diesel vehicles. First deliveries of the fuel to individual plants have already commenced.

BMW recently expanded its approval of the use of renewable diesel (also known as “HVO100” or Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) to cover an even larger portion of BMW models. While renewable diesel is in general compatible with all diesel engines, the official approval from BMW provides further assurance for drivers, for example when it comes to liability questions.

This is not the first time BMW and Neste cooperate on renewable diesel: In 2023, in addition to the use of electric trucks, a one-year test of renewable diesel took place in logistics operations around the BMW plant in Munich – with Neste being the supplier of the fuel. With the steps now being taken, BMW is taking advantage of the change in the German law in spring 2024, which permits the free sale of renewable diesel in Germany.

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