Choose the right fuel
Your choice of fuel affects the climate. Choose fuel with the lowest possible impact on the environment and climate.
Here are tips that you can use in everyday life to reduce the impact on the climate and environment from your car use.
Choose renewable fuels
Electricity
Driving an electric car is not only a win for the climate, but also for your wallet. When you charge your car with renewable electricity, your climate impact when driving is very low. In addition, electric cars have no exhaust emissions.
Remember to choose renewable household electricity with guarantees of origin if you charge at home. Many charging stations also have renewable electricity.
Charge your electric car in Stockholm
Ethanol
If you choose to refuel with ethanol, you reduce your climate impact compared to regular gasoline.
Ethanol is a renewable fuel and is the chemical name for regular alcohol. Ethanol is produced through fermentation and distillation. Some of the most common raw materials for fuel ethanol in Sweden are corn, wheat and sugar cane.
Biogas
Biogas is our most locally produced vehicle fuel. Biogas is produced through digestion, where microorganisms break down organic material in an oxygen-free environment. The raw material is often food waste, manure, sludge from sewage treatment plants or residual products from the food industry.
HVO
The raw material for HVO100 is various residual products from primarily the slaughterhouse industry, and can also be produced from residues from forestry. HVO100 is so similar to diesel that it can often be refueled in a regular diesel car.
Are you unsure whether you can refuel HVO100 in your particular diesel car? Every year, Mobility Sweden compiles a list of car models that are approved for HVO100:
Diesel vehicles approved for HVO, Mobility Sweden
Find places to refuel
You can find gas stations in your area at the website drivmedla.se where there is a map of fuel stations with renewable fuels.
Map of stations with fossil-free fuels, Drivmedla's website
More about the climate impact of different fuels
Would you like to know more about the climate impact of different fuels or where they come from? Read more in the Swedish Energy Agency's annual report on different fuels.