The BMW Group published the first results of its HVO test and demo fleet on 28 October 2026. Since October 2025, the vehicles have been in use in the corporate fleets of the BMW Group as well as Bosch in Germany, Eni in Italy and Repsol in Spain. In total, more than 5,500 refuelling events were recorded across more than 600 BMW and MINI diesel vehicles, with around 235,000 litres of HVO dispensed.
The focus is on verifying which fuel actually ends up in the tank. To do this, BMW cross-references refuelling data from the vehicle with the fleet operators’ payment data and, for part of the fleet, additionally with fuel station data from Bosch’s “Digital Fuel Twin”. According to the company, this required neither modifications to the vehicles nor new infrastructure at the fuel stations.
In more than 80 percent of refuelling events, HVO was verifiably dispensed. The announcement does not specify whether this was consistently unblended HVO100 or which fuel was used in the remaining cases.
The trial therefore demonstrates that fuel use can be documented, but not yet that the fleet runs exclusively on HVO. The interim results do not include a CO₂ measurement of the vehicles (full life cycle). BMW nevertheless considers the results proof of the technical feasibility of a “VEEF” vehicle category (Vehicles Exclusively running on Eligible Fuels). Manufacturers and the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) are calling for such vehicles to be taken into account in the planned revision of the EU CO₂ fleet regulation.
In parallel, BMW, Toyota Motor Europe, Repsol and Bosch have been testing the exclusive use of Repsol’s “Nexa 95” fuel with around 20 petrol vehicles from BMW, MINI and Toyota in the Greater Madrid area since July 2026. Whether VEEF vehicles will count towards CO₂ fleet targets in future will be decided at EU level.
Source: BMW Group, netz-trends.de
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