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This synthetic-fuel startup just got $75 million from Porsche

Enlarge / 70 percent of the cars Porsche has ever built are still on the road. Since it wants to keep it that way, it’s developing a synthetic fuel that emits 90 percent less CO2 than gasoline derived from fossil fuels. (credit: Porsche) In 2021, Porsche announced that it was starting to work with synthetic […]

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Meet 2022’s World Rally cars: Much more power, much more sustainable

Enlarge / Sébastien Loeb (FRA) and Isabelle Galmiche (FRA) of team M-Sport Ford World Rally Team are seen performing during the World Rally Championship Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on January 20. (credit: Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool) The 2022 World Rally Championship got underway on Thursday with the first night stages of the […]

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Porsche’s new synthetic gasoline may fuel Formula 1 races

Enlarge / 70 percent of the cars Porsche has ever built are still on the road. Since it wants to keep it that way, its developing a synthetic fuel that emits 90 percent less CO2 than gasoline derived from fossil fuels. (credit: Porsche) Even with the best will in the world, it will be many […]

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Porsche will start testing a lower-carbon biofuel in racing

Enlarge / Porsche is working on synthetic fuels and will begin testing them in racing as early as next year. (credit: Porsche) In the grand scheme of things, the fuel used by racing cars on track amounts to a mere rounding error compared to the carbon dioxide emitted by all the spectators driving to watch […]