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As part of the Brands Cup, all new 911 GT3 Cup racing cars from the 2021 season will initially be driven with a mainly bio-based Esso Renewable Racing Fuel compiled by ExxonMobil. In the course of the 2022 season, eFuels will then be used, which are made from hydrogen and CO₂ captured from the air. Porsche and ExxonMobil use the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup to demonstrate the suitability of renewable, synthetic fuels under the toughest conditions. In addition, experience should be gathered for future joint fuel development.
ExxonMobil and Porsche
The first race track test of the Esso Renewable Racing Fuels is scheduled for March 30, 2021 in Zandvoort, the Netherlands. As in the entire 2021 season, the first version of Esso Renewable Racing Fuels will be used there. This is mainly based on an advanced biofuel whose raw materials consist of organic waste. On this basis, an ExxonMobil team of scientists and engineers composed a racing fuel that, in initial tests, showed the potential for significant reductions in CO₂ emissions.
Second version of the Esso Renewable Racing Fuel
In the course of the 2022 season, the two companies plan to use the second version of the Esso Renewable Racing Fuels, which largely consists of eFuels. These eFuels are the focus of the collaboration between ExxonMobil and Porsche. eFuels are synthetic fuels that are generated using renewable energy from hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the air. With the eFuel-based Esso Renewable Racing Fuel, CO₂ emissions can be reduced by up to 85 percent if it complies with the current fuel standard in accordance with the necessary blending.
"Purely electrically powered vehicles have the highest priority for us," emphasizes Michael Steiner, Member of the Board of Management for Research and Development at Porsche. “EFuels complement our drive strategy perfectly. They offer our customers the option of driving cars with combustion engines and plug-in hybrids that are almost CO₂-neutral. By working with ExxonMobil, we can test the eFuels under demanding conditions on the race track. We are thus taking another step on the way to a marketable and CO₂-reduced eFuel that can replace conventional fuels. "
eFuels from Chile
The eFuels are obtained from the Haru Oni pilot plant in Chile. There, “green” hydrogen is produced from wind power and water, which is then combined with carbon dioxide from the air to form methanol. In the next process step, the so-called methanol-to-gasoline synthesis, the technology licensed by ExxonMobil converts the methanol into a synthetic raw gasoline. In the pilot phase, over 2022 liters of eFuels are to be produced per year from 130.000. As the main purchaser of this fuel, Porsche will use the eFuels from Chile in the Porsche Experience Centers in addition to the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in the 2022 season.
"For the past 25 years we have worked with Porsche to develop high-performance products that match the performance of Porsche vehicles on the racetrack and on the road," explains Andy Madden, Vice President for Strategy and Planning at ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants. "Our continuous cooperation around renewable fuels and eFuels makes a decisive contribution to the evaluation of the technical possibilities and commercial feasibility of fuels that enable significant reductions in emissions."
The collaboration with Porsche is based on ExxonMobil's ongoing commitment to the development and provision of low-emission energy solutions such as highly efficient fuels and lubricants, advanced plastics and other products that enable lower fuel consumption in traffic. For example, the two companies have worked together on a line of specially formulated lubricants for the electric vehicle market: Mobil EV ™.
Founding of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions
In January, ExxonMobil announced the creation of the new ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions division. With this, the company aims to commercialize its extensive portfolio of low-carbon technologies. By 2025, three billion US dollars are to be invested in lower-emission energy solutions. Last year, ExxonMobil announced plans to distribute renewable diesel in California and potentially in additional US and international markets as early as 2022.
Over the past two decades, ExxonMobil has invested more than $ 480 billion in research, development and delivery of lower-carbon energy solutions. The result is a highly efficient operation that saves around 100 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions - equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions of more than XNUMX million passenger cars within one year.
Porsche will invest 2025 billion euros in electromobility and digitalization by 15. In 2030, more than 80 percent of the sports car manufacturer's vehicles are to be offered with an electric motor. In addition, the company is striving for CO₂ neutrality in its products and operations from 2030, and is investing around one billion euros in sustainable mobility for this purpose. The eFuels commitment together with partners such as ExxonMobil is an important component of Porsche's decarbonization and sustainability strategy.
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international oil and gas companies, uses innovative technologies to help meet the world's increasing energy needs. As the leading processor and marketer of petroleum products, ExxonMobil has the largest energy resources in the industry. ExxonMobil Chemical is one of the largest chemical companies in the world.
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