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World Champion racer Sebastian Vettel,
recently retired from Aston Martin's
Cognizant racing team, was behind the
wheel and filled with enthusiasm for his
demonstration drive using sustainable fuel.
He also took the occasion to criticize
Formula 1 racing for being slow to adopt
the new technology.

According to the Aston Martin Media center
The Green Pea ran on fuel developed by
Aramco and P1.

The synthetic fuel pumped into the 911
comes from the pilot plant in Punta Arenas,
Chile, is operated by HIF Global in which
Porsche is a major investor. Plant officials
say they intend to produce around 34,000
gallons of the fuel initially and will raise
that amount to about 145 million gallons a
year by 2025.

Porsche adds that it is considering
developing similar plants in Australia and
the US. While the company expects initally
It is unlikely that e-fuels can entirely replace fossil fuels. The United
to use the fuels in its race cars and also at
States used over 134 billion gallons of finished gasoline in 2021 or
Porsche Experience Centers, the long term
more than 350 million gallons of gas every day. Porsche, however, is
goal is for the fuel to be sold to oil
playing the long game: the introduction of e-fuels can keep gasoline
companies for distribution to customers.
cars on the road for a longer period of time than currently projected,
E-fuels are produced by a complex process can save classics, and can also allow Porsche to continue to produce
using water, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. high performance sports cars like the 911 with internal combustion
Oil is still necessary to lubricate the engine engines; for, although electric vehicles are fast and torquey, they lack
itself. The fuels can be distributed through the driving dynamics of traditional engines. Enough said.
the existing service station system.
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