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Article: DaimlerChrysler India Launches 2nd Phase of Biodiesel Testing.(Brief Article)
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- Alternative Transportation Fuels Today
- Article date:
- August 4, 2005
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India's Express News Service recently reported that DaimlerChrysler India has initiated the second phase of its project begun in 2003, under which it will test the use of jatropha-derived biodiesel fuel in the cold-weather and high-altitude operation of the C-Class Mercedes-Benz.
According to the news service, DaimlerChrysler India is slated to test the biodiesel-powered C-Class vehicles, as well as a Mercedes-Benz Viano van, this weekend in the frozen desert of Leh and the Khardung La Pass and Rohtang Pass, the world's highest and second-highest motorable passes, respectively. The testing is part of the automaker's Jatropha Biodiesel program being conducted with ...