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Total Introduces TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation
The Fuel That Cleans Your Engine Kilometer After Kilometer
PARIS, May 4th, 2015/PRNewswire/ -- Total is marketing TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation, a new line of specific fuels that clean engines and provide lasting protection to ensure that they perform better, use less fuel and produce fewer polluting emissions. The new generation unleaded gasoline and diesel is available in every Total station - in the 18 countries where Excellium is already sold.
"This launch represents a new step in innovation to help our customers consume better and less thanks to our fuels. The TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation line combines all of Total's technological know-how in its formula and reflects our very high commitment to quality. Our research teams worked for two years to develop these fuels, to provide an ever-more effective response to our customers' growing focus on engine care," noted Philippe Montantême, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Research at Total Marketing & Services.
A clean engine uses less fuel, pollutes less and lasts longer
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While new powertrains deliver increasingly high performance, they are also increasingly sensitive to buildup. An accumulation of deposits can affect the engine's operation and negatively impact performance, resulting in higher fuel consumption, a rise in harmful emissions and less power.
That’s why TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation's formulation has been optimized with specific detergent additives to clean the engine's vital components and keep them clean over time. The result1 is up to 93% less buildup for diesel engines and up to 99% less for gasoline engines.
By eliminating deposits on injection systems, TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation keeps engines performing at their optimum level over time. The fuels' additives also include molecules that reduce friction between metal parts, and therefore wear, to help extend engine life. Together, the cleaning and friction-reduction technologies lead to reduced fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions.
TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation is compatible with all existing diesel and gasoline vehicles, including cars, light utility vehicles, two-wheelers and trucks.
TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation R&D facts and figures
- More than 250 researchers dedicated to the development of fuel, lubricants and bitumen products at our research center in France.
- More than two years of uninterrupted work by multidisciplinary teams (fuel, additives, analyses, engines).
- More than 100 formulas developed by our researchers.
- More than 2,300 lab analyses for these formulas.
- About 15,000 hours of tests :
- More than 6,000 hours of tests on an engine test bench to fine-tune TOTAL EXCELLIUM New Generation’s formula
- More than 8,500 hours of road tests, equivalent to 300,000 km driven.
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1Compared to fuels without specific additives.