The most common blend is B5, a mix of 5% biodiesel and 95% petroleum-based diesel. Likewise, B20 equals 20% biodiesel content, B30 equals 30% biodiesel and so on. B100 represents pure biodiesel.

Most manufacturers, including heavy-hitters like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz, allow the use of a 5 percent biodiesel blend (aka B5) without violating the terms of the car's original factory warranty.

All regular diesel sold from the pumps at its retail station since that day is actually B5, a five percent blend of biodiesel and regular diesel. The B5 blend was selected because the cost is ...

The government plans to increase the biodiesel blend to B5 in the next three years. “In the end, we believe this necessitates a delicate balancing act to manage its broader impacts,” Mr. Chan said.

Brazil's national energy council has decided to keep the local mandatory biodiesel blend into diesel at 14% from March instead of raising it to 15% as previously expected.

Makikita dun sa test na gumaganda ang mileage ng diesel ng sasakyan na habang tumataas ang biodiesel blend,” said Sales. “Kapag dumating ng B5 (5%), up to 10% ang increase sa mileage ng isang ...

On Friday, the council spent about an hour tinkering with the biodisel blends tax rate, after Rawlins-Fernandez proposed to eliminate the biodiesel blend category and strike its tax. But Council ...