The marque is betting big on eFuel, which makes combustion engines almost entirely carbon neutral.
The Chilean firm is currently building the new Haru Oni eFuel pilot plant in Punta Arenas, which will produce the synthetic fuel. The eFuel will be created from hydrogen and CO2 using wind energy.
Large-scale production of the new fuel is expected to start at the plant as soon as mid-2022. The automaker initially plans to use it in motorsports first. In fact, it recently announced that all cars in the race series will run on synthetic gas over the next two seasons. In the future, though, the eFuel may be used to fill up Porsches during the initial fueling at the Stuttgart factory.Porsche has been researching the use of renewable fuels for some time. According to the marque, tests in the laboratory and on the race track are proceeding successfully. The automaker says it is testing the synthetic fuel with vehicles ranging from modern race cars to an old 911.
“We see ourselves as pioneers in eFuels and want to drive the technology,” Michael Steiner, member of the executive board for Research and Development at Porsche AG, said in a
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