Porsche has many vehicles out on the road considered classics that enthusiasts want to preserve. But, with the internal combustion engine making way for the electric vehicle. To make sure that future vehicles still perform, while being able to keep classics on the road, the automaker has entered the synthetic fuel space.
In a facility in Chile, Porsche announced that its synthetic "eFuels" are going to split water and oxygen and green hydrogen using wind power, then filter CO2 from the air with that green hydrogen, which produces synthetic methanol, which can be converted into eFuel. Instead of combusting oil gasoline to create more CO2, this process filters existing C02 from the air to bond with hydrogen. It's a complex process but the hope is that Porsche will use this on new vehicles, plus test it on classics to replace older engines and keep vehicles up to emission standards.