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The Saab 9.3 Sportcombi can run on biomethane.
ANA Trollhättan AB and Innovatum Teknikpark has presented the new Saab 9-3 Sportcombi 1.8 BioPower with biomethane - one of three fuels able to be utilised in this vehicle. As well as running on biomethane, it can also operate using ethanol and gasoline. The car was presented to a high level meeting of the EU in Gothenburg late last week. The car is a result of the TRIFUEL project, a development project coordinated by Innovatum Teknikpark, to develop a Swedish middle range vehicle to make use of the country’s growing methane fuelling infrastructure, utlizing biomethane in particular. The engine conversion was carried out by ANA Trollhättan AB. Other partners in the project are Powertrain Sweden AB, AB, AVL and BRC Sweden AB. While Western Sweden (an informal region of Sweden’s southwest) has long had a leading position in the biogas area, it has mainly been for the production and distribution of biogas, not the production of gas vehicles.
“Now comes the car to supplement biogas venture in western Sweden,” says Joachim Lind, CEO of ANA Trollhättan AB.
Tore Helmersson, CEO of Innovatum Teknikpark, said such a car creates good conditions for a vigorous expansion of biogas development. “The market needs a Swedish biogas mid-range car to enhance biogas as an environmentally friendly fuel, both nationally and internationally. This is also an investment that can create new business opportunities for both large and small businesses,” he added.
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