Here’s How Porsche Plans To Make Millions Of Gallons Of eFuel From Water – SlashGear

Porsche is working with Siemens Energy — another German company committed to finding high tech solutions for energy independence — to synthesize as much eFuel as possible. According to a press release from Porsche, the automaker is using a plant in Chile to produce synthetic gasoline from two extremely common materials: water and carbon dioxide. If that process takes off the ground and proves to be possible on a much larger scale, it could have wide-reaching ramifications with how everyone buys gasoline.

Porsche still plans on making EVs in the future. Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Research and Development at Porsche says, “We urgently need a solution for operating existing fleets of vehicles in a sustainable way. This goal can be achieved with green fuels, which are a sensible complement to electric vehicles.” All the Porsche Taycan fans can breathe a sigh of relief.

For this year, Porsche says the Chilean plant will make 130,000 liters of synthetic fuel that the automaker will then buy and use for racing. However, according to Car and Driver, Porsche hopes to produce millions of gallons of synthetic gasoline in just a few years.