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The cargo ship Felicity Ace has sunk

Felicity Ace has sunk. This information was confirmed by MOL Ship Management spokesman Pat Adamson, who said that due to weather conditions, rough seas and high waves, the ship leaned to the side and sank in 9,840 feet (3,000 meters) deep sea.

It has long been believed that some cars survived the fire on a ship carrying 3,965 vehicles. Now every hope is lost. As a reminder, the ship carried 1,100 Porsches, 189 Bentleys, while the rest were Volkswagen, Audi and Lamborghini, including electric models. Among the cars was an unknown number of Lamborghini Aventador models, which Lamborghini recently stopped producing.

Recently, Lamborghini CEO in America Andrea Baldi said that the company hopes that at least some Aventador models have survived, and that it is possible to restore them. If this is not the case, they will have to produce new ones. It is estimated that owners will have to wait at least six months for their Lamborghini Aventador cars.

Volkswagen and Porsche have not commented on the current situation.

The cause of the fire, which destroyed a cargo estimated at more than $ 400 million, is still unknown. It has been confirmed that the damage to the cars is covered by insurance.

Source: Bloomberg

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General Motors suspends delivery to Russian market

After Ford recently announced that it was suspending the export of vehicles to the Russian market, General Motors did the same. All caused by the sanctions that the West imposed on Russia, as well as the effort to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

“Our thoughts are now with the people of Ukraine. The loss of life is a tragedy and our primary concern is for the safety of the people of the region,” a GM spokesman told Carscoops.

Previously, GM sold its stake in AvtoVAZ, thus withdrawing from the Russian market when it comes to production. GM currently has a sales company that takes care of the placement of its cars from America and Korea on the Russian and surrounding markets.

Ford and General Motors are not the only companies that have decided on such a move. The same decision was made by Volvo, while the reaction of Daimler Truck, which has a stake in Kamaz, is still pending.

Volkswagen has decided to temporarily suspend the delivery of cars to the Russian market, but also to shut down some production lines. Renault did the same a few days ago.

Source: Carscoops

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Audi’s V6 diesel engines will use hydrotreated vegetable oil

Like other brands from Volkswagen Group, Audi strives to become carbon neutral by 2050. Besides that, the company strives to do the Internal Combustion Engines with less CO2. On that occasion, Audi said all their V6 diesel engines, which develop up to 281 HP (210 kW) and which are manufactured after the second half of February this year, are compatible with HydroTreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

“We optimize our existing internal combustion engines to be more economical and to create less show. One of the ways is to create a technical basis for the use of sustainable fuel,” said Head of Technical Development Oliver Hoffmann.

Audi claims that the HVO reduces CO2 emissions between 70 and 95 percent compared to the ordinary diesel. Fuel can be made of waste materials such as oil from the food industry and agricultural waste. These oils are converted into aliphatic hydrocarbons, which modifies oil properties to be usable in diesel engines.

“As the cetane rating of hvo is around 30 percent higher, the combustibility of the engines is enhanced. The Positive Noticeable When Cold Starting. We tested the effects on Various Components, The Performance, and Exhaust Emissions in Specific Validation Runs Before Granting Approval, “says Matthias Schober.

The Volkswagen Group also works on other alternative fuels such as e-fuel, currently used in racing Porsche and Lamborghini cars.

Source: Audi-Mediacenter

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