Toyota and BMW collaborate with Repsol and Bosch to test viability of renewable fuels
Fri 17 July 2026
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A fleet of vehicles from Toyota and BMW will be used in a six-month pilot project to test the viability of renewable fuels. Also involving Bosch and Repsol, the pilot will take place in Spain.
The vehicles include approximately 20 unmodified passenger vehicles, including standard Toyota, Lexus, and BMW fleet models, which will operate in everyday traffic.
The vehicles will run exclusively on Repsol’s Nexa 95, a 100% renewable gasoline which produced from sustainable biomass, waste residues, and used cooking oil. It is already sold at dozens of public Repsol service stations across Madrid and Catalonia.
Nexa 95 is a 95-octane product engineered to match the performance, energy density, and anti-knock properties of standard commercial unleaded petrol. It is produced from RED-compliant feedstocks (aligning with the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive) and synthesized entirely from organic waste residues, used cooking oils, and sustainable biomass. It is produced using the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) Pathway which breaks down organic mass to yield a highly flexible mix of zero-fossil fuel variants.
Toyota says that the project aims to demonstrate the real-world potential of what they term Vehicles running Exclusively on Eligible Fuels (VEEF). VEEF are renewable and low carbon fuels that comply with EU sustainability criteria under the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and which deliver significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions on a well-to-wheel basis compared to fossil fuels.
Pascal Ruch, vice president corporate and governmental affairs, Toyota Motor Europe, said: "This pilot aims to demonstrate how renewable fuels can make a meaningful and sustainable contribution to decarbonisation today, for both new and existing vehicles.”
Background: Zemo Partnership continues to play an active part in the area of renewable fuels, particularly in the areas of sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA). Zemo recently published a study to assess the role of renewable fuels in terms of their contribution to meeting net zero over the full life cycle.
The Renewable Fuels Assurance Scheme is designed and managed by Zemo Partnership. The Scheme aims to verify claims made by companies supplying renewable fuels to heavy duty vehicle and equipment operators regarding their product’s GHG emission savings and the provenance of raw material feedstocks.
Image: Courtesy Repsol
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