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GUILT-FREE PETROL – FROM THE WIND

RENEWABLY MANUFACTURED synthetic ‘fossil fuels’ could save the internal combustion engine, keep classic cars on the road for generations to come and more rapidly achieve the holy grail of net-zero global carbon emissions – all while preserving the noise and thrill of petrol-powered motorsport all over the world, well into this century.

Dubbed ‘eFuel’ and attracting significant investment from the likes of Porsche, Bentley, Ferrari and more, synthetic fuels rely on renewable energy to power electrolysis that takes hydrogen from water and combines it with carbon captured from the atmosphere. A complex and expensive process, when refined into a green ‘petrol’ and

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