MAN to Supply Methanol Reactor for Porsche eFuels Pilot in Chile
MAN Energy Solutions is to supply the methanol reactor for an eFuels pilot plant currently being built by HIF, an international e-fuels company based in
14 Jul, 2021 , 4:35 am
MAN Energy Solutions is to supply the methanol reactor for an eFuels pilot plant currently being built by HIF, an international e-fuels company based in Chile, with the participation of Porsche AG together with Siemens Energy and other project companies near the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. The “Haru Oni” pilot project takes advantage of the excellent wind conditions in southern Chile to generate synthetic, climate-neutral fuel − so-called eFuels − with the help of renewable power. By international standards, Chile offers ideal conditions for the production of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels made from it.
Porsche Classic Will Now Build Custom One-Off Dream Cars
Customers will be integrated into a team of Porsche designers and engineers to go through the process of building their dream car. Porsche
Porsche Classic will now take customer requests for one-off dream cars and build them as part of its Sonderwunsch program.
Requests need to be technically feasible, though, and can include exterior and interior customization as well as suspension and powertrain upgrades.
Porsche will start this year with three to five customer builds.
Porsche Classic, the German automaker s restoration and parts division, and Exclusive Manufaktur, its bespoke division, are working together to build customers cars into special one-off creations. Its Sonderwunsch program will take owners requests and transform their car, new or old, into almost anything they want. Customization typically involves transforming the materials in the interior or refinishing the exterior paintwork, but upgrades to the p
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Like other automakers, Porsche is working furiously to develop electric models that will eventually be the brand’s main products. But in the meantime, the company continues to build combustion-powered vehicles that consume fossil fuel. Further, Porsche’s enthusiastic customers have a definite interest in preserving their combustion-fueled driving experience, so the company is likely to continue selling at least some combustion-powered models after the electric revolution has arrived.
As a way to sell such cars without having them consume fossil fuels or add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, Porsche has signed a deal with Siemens Energy to produce synthetic methanol using Chilean wind power. Siemens will convert that methanol to gasoline using a refining process licensed from ExxonMobil. Porsche will phase in this “eFuel” in its race cars and track-driving experience cars at the Porsche Experience Centers as Siemens ramps up production of the wind-sourced fuel.