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Artificial fuels at the start
Mazda is the first car manufacturer to join the European eFuel Alliance. The aim of the initiative is to reduce climate-damaging emissions using CO2-neutral synthetic fuels.
Artificial fuels at the start
The local potential of eFuels is illustrated by Heimo Egger, Managing Director of Mazda Austria: "A good 99% of all cars registered in Austria currently have a gasoline or diesel engine under the hood. Here, eFuels can immediately reduce the CO2 footprint without having to wait long for an effective increase in the share of electric cars." The so-called eFuels are produced using electricity from renewable energies, water and CO2Produced from the air, unlike conventional fuels, they do not release any additional CO2free and are therefore climate-neutral in their overall balance. The artificial fuels are compatible with today's internal combustion engines, can also be mixed with fossil fuels and sold via the existing transport and filling station infrastructure.
Fake gasoline for sports cars
Porsche AG and Siemens Energy are also working with partners to advance the development of climate-neutral eFuels. The consortium is starting a pilot project in Chile that will result in the world's first integrated and commercial large-scale plant for the production of eFuels. In the pilot phase, around 130,000 liters of eFuels will be produced in the large-scale plant as early as 2022. In two steps, the capacity will then be increased to around 55 million liters of eFuels per year by 2024 and to around 550 million liters of eFuels per year by 2026. Porsche is the main buyer of the green fuel. Other partners in the project are the energy company AME and the mineral oil company ENAP from Chile as well as the Italian energy company Enel. Oliver Blume, CEO of Porsche: "Electromobility is a top priority at Porsche. eFuels for automobiles are a sensible addition to this - if they are produced in places in the world where sustainable energy is available in excess."