Title: BioEthanol The Saab Way
1BioEthanol The Saab Way
2The driving forces behind renewable fuels such as
BioEthanol
- Reduce fossil CO2 emissions
- Security Of Supply Oil demand out stripping
supply
3Why Saab?
- High customer relevance Saab customers
appreciate performance, but also are keen for
responsible consumption - Innovation challenges conventional thinking
- Saab heritage for turbo high performance and
good efficiency. BioPower utilizes the same
recipe - Scandinavian brand high social responsibility
for environment
4The Saab BioPower ApproachThe Technology
5Advantages with Ethanol as a Fuel
- High Quality and Potent Fuel
- 104-octane E85 better than 98-octane Gasoline
- Greater Resistance against Knocking
- Enables More Efficient and Optimal Combustion
6Advantages with Ethanol (E85)
- Using and adapting existing Technology
- Using existing Infrastructure
- No big Capital Investments
- Flexibility in Transient Period
- Change Over from Gasoline without Interruptions
- Parallel Development of Technologies for Long
Term Perspective
7E85 Infrastructure rapidly expanded
- By end of 2004 - 140 E85 filling stations
- By end of 2005 - 300 E85 filling stations
- By February 2006 - 320 E85 filling stations
- By end of 2009 - 50 of Net work covered
est. 2300 E85 filling stations(Mandatory
Requirement by Swedish Government)
8Technical Content Saab 9-5 2.0t BioPower MY06
- Modified 2.0 liter Turbo Engine
- Experience from Saab Variable Compression Engine
- New Control Algorithms to Saab Trionic System
- In House Capacity and Capabilityfor Quick
Development - Auto Detection and Adaptation for Fuel Quality
- Modified Material for Fuel System and Fuel Tank
- Engine Block Heater for Cold Starts
9Customer Highlights Saab 9-5 2.0t BioPower MY06
- Improved social Consciousness - less Pollution of
the Environment - Higher Performance 30hp and 40Nm (30 lb.ft.)
on Ethanol - Faster Response when accelerating
- Meets the Euro 4 Requirement
- Additional Benefits in Sweden
- 20 Tax Relief for Company Car Drivers
- Free parking in major cities
- Congestion Charge Relief (Stockholm)
10The Future of Saab BioPower
- BioPower versions of our other existing engines
- High potential with turbocharging
- New possibilities to increase compression ratios
for optimum power and efficiency and powertrain
downsizing - Working towards usage of E100 (100 Ethanol)
11The Market Response
12Saab BioPower concept Worlds first
- Higher Performance 30Hp and 40Nm running
on E85 - Same Saab Safety, Versatility, Comfort and
Design - Same driving and fuel filling procedure running
on E85
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14Saab 9-5 BioPower is the 1 selling
Environmental Car in Sweden (and accounts for
80 of 9-5 sales in Sweden)
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Jan-Apr 2006
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Saab 9-5
Ford Focus
Toyota Prius
Volvo V70
Volvo V50
BioPower
Flexifuel
Hybrid
Flexifuel
Flexifuel
Source BilSweden 2006-05-02
15and France
Saab BioPower at the a Tradeshow in Paris, Q1 2006
Philippe van der Meulen, MD Saab France Jacques
Chirac, President de la Republique
16 17Momentum also building in the USA
18Future in Europe and RoW
- Huge Interest for Saab BioPower and Ethanol
- Launch on a number of European markets during
Spring 2006 - Increasing interest for Ethanol in USA
- Saab E85 Order Books are full
- Best Vehicle Innovation 2006 Prize in Belgium
- Saab will continue to lead the Premium Segment
with the Roll-out of BioPower on other Vehicles
in the Portfolio - BEST Initiative 2006 (BioEthanol for Sustainable
Transport)
19Welcome On Board