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chevron featured on discovery go, highlighting renewable gasoline blends

1 min read | august 07, 2024

Chevron was featured in a recent episode of Driving Decarbonization in America on Discovery Go.

Driving Decarbonization in America, a series that looks at the different ways that lifecycle carbon emissions in transportation can be reduced, recently showcased a groundbreaking fuel from Chevron. The second episode of the series gives viewers a chance to learn more about renewable gasoline blends, which could reduce a vehicle’s lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by more than 40%.

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Renewable gasoline blends function like the gasoline that people are currently using and can support a lower carbon future. Here’s how:

  • These blends could be used in vehicles on the road today.
  • People could fill up with lower carbon intensity fuel at the same gas pumps they use now.
  • Because these blends function like traditional gasoline, engine changes are not required.
“Our scientists and engineers came together to develop a solution that can not only lower carbon intensity compared with traditional gasoline, but also work in regular vehicles.”

kaustav sinha

director of strategic partnerships

using soybean oil

Renewable gasoline blends can be made a few different ways, using byproducts. For example:

  • One of the major uses of soybeans is for them to be crushed for use as animal feed.
  • Soybean oil is a byproduct of this crushing process.
  • Soybean oil can be blended with petroleum products.
“We use the soybean oil byproduct in our refineries today, blend it with our petroleum products and achieve a lower carbon intensity gasoline.”

nuray elci

vice president of renewables

how to watch

Driving Decarbonization in America is available to stream for free for a limited time on Discovery Go. To learn more about how Chevron is helping to lower carbon intensity in transportation, visit one of the pages below.

Note: Chevron does not control or endorse all statements by non-Chevron speakers in the Driving Decarbonization in America series, including statements about climate change or related impacts.

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