Baton Rouge played host to oil-giant Chevron's road trip across the U.S. Gulf Coast this week. The event was set up to showcase a new gasoline blend that they believe represents the future of fuel. In collaboration with Toyota, Chevron is participating in the Future Fuels Showcase, where they will fuel up a Toyota Tundra, RAV4, and Camry with a renewable gasoline blend to demonstrate its versatility in almost any gasoline-powered vehicle.
Renewable gasoline is made using agricultural biofuels such as ethanol and soybeans, as well as traditional petroleum products and other components derived from sources like used cooking oil. The result is a gasoline that closely resembles and performs like traditional gasoline, but with a significantly smaller carbon footprint.
The road trip stopped in Baton Rouge on Tuesday as they made their way across the Gulf. During the event, WAFB interviewed Chevron Corporate Affairs Manager Tyler Kruzich.
He explained " this is a fuel that can be used in the over 265 million gasoline-powered vehicles that are on the road in the United States today we think that within the next three to five years we may be able to bring it to commercial production and distribution of theUnited States there's no performance differentiation between our renewable gasoline blend and conventional gasoline"
Chevron is also touting this new blend of fuel as being 40% lower in carbon than traditional gasoline and made from over 50% renewable products.
As they continue the trip, Chevron representatives will engage with community leaders to discuss the advantages of lower carbon fuels, such as biofuels and renewable gasoline blends.
"Multiple solutions are needed to help lower the carbon intensity of the transportation sector," said Andy Walz, Chevron's President of Americas Products. "With over 265 million gasoline-powered vehicles on the road in the United States today, renewable gasoline blends have the potential to enable nearly all drivers to play a role in a lower carbon transportation future. We are thrilled to partner with Toyota to demonstrate lower carbon technologies that are compatible with internal combustion engines."
Chevron is already involved in the production and marketing of biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable natural gas, and is currently in the process of constructing hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California.
