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It was reported that the ship is carrying an estimated 4,000 cars from luxury car makers Porsche, Audi and Bentley. In the recent study conducted by Audi, the German automaker proves that their synthetically-produced E-Fuel is at par, if not better than conventional bioethanol and biodiesel in terms of CO² emission and cleaner combustion. Audi has started collaborating with US-based biotech firm Joule Unlimited in developing their E-Fuel back in 2011. Joule caught Audi’s attention when they successfully engineered a photosynthetic microorganism that emits ethanol and alkene; two important substances that makes up diesel fuel. This alone puts Audi’s e-Fuel a notch above biofuels which are little more costly to produce. All that’s left for Audi and Joule now is to refine the process of extracting the e-Fuel from the water where the microorganism thrives. After that, the e-Fuel should be well underway for mass production which, according to Audi, should take place “within the next five years”. Years after Google's Open Handset Alliance brought Android into cellphones, the company forms the Open Automotive Alliance - and that as you might guess is aimed at bringing Google's operating system to automobiles. The alliance consists of Google & NVidia together with Audi, Honda, Hyundai & GM. Read more in our articles including "Felicity Ace Ship w/ 4,000 cars still on fire" and "Audi claims their e-Fuel outperforms gas, diesel".