Porsche highlights the merits of synthetic fuels
Speaking during a conference call, Porsche boss Oliver Blume clarified that his team doesn't view synthetic fuels as a replacement for electric technology."If the e-fuels are approved in the future, this will not change Porsche's strategy. At present, we really back this ramp-up of electrification which we have started, and we now see the great potential of our electric drives. This is the right approach," he told me.
It sounds like, in Porsche's view, a small percentage of the cars sold new in Europe after 2035 will be manufactured with a synthetic-fuel-powered engine. We're largely talking about high-end models such as the 911; folks in the market for, say, a city car will be stuck with an EV. However,make up a small percentage of the cars on the road — even in a country like Germany. This is where the role of e-fuels becomes even more important. Blume singled out vintage cars.
"In Europe, you might say that we're electrifying cars very quickly because we've got the infrastructure. But, if you think of places like South America, Africa and India, then I'm sure things will not work out so quickly," he noted. Unlike electricity, synthetic fuels can be transported fairly easily in liquid form, exactly like gasoline, and they can be distributed to drivers without giving the infrastructure a costly overhaul.
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