Formula 1 is Developing its Own Sustainable Fuel
Premiere racing competition Formula 1 is creating its own sustainable fuel, hoping to release it for mainstream use in the future.
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Formula 1 announced on Wednesday (October 6) that it’s developing its own 100 per cent sustainable fuel. It hopes the fuel will save the internal combustion engines by making F1 cars run on zero carbon emissions.
F1 had already planned to switch to E10 fuel next season but hopes to be doing better by 2025. By then, new regulations will be in effect and its race cars will be fitted with a new generation of engines that will run on sustainable fuel as stated in a press release.
F1 is currently in talks with companies about supplying fuel for the competition and may potentially scale up production for public use.
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While electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, F1 believes that less than 10 per cent of cars on the road will be fully electric by 2030. The fuel is still in development and F1 hopes to match the energy density to traditional gasoline and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent.
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?It?s a totally circular thing,? F1 CTO Pat Symonds said in a statement. ?We?re not producing any CO2 that is not already in the atmosphere at the moment; we?re taking it out of the atmosphere, we?re using it, and we?re putting...
The post Formula 1 is Developing its Own Sustainable Fuel appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Formula 1
Formula 1 announced on Wednesday (October 6) that it’s developing its own 100 per cent sustainable fuel. It hopes the fuel will save the internal combustion engines by making F1 cars run on zero carbon emissions.
F1 had already planned to switch to E10 fuel next season but hopes to be doing better by 2025. By then, new regulations will be in effect and its race cars will be fitted with a new generation of engines that will run on sustainable fuel as stated in a press release.
F1 is currently in talks with companies about supplying fuel for the competition and may potentially scale up production for public use.
READ MORE: Hungarian Grand Prix: Ocon claims maiden victory, Vettel disqualified
While electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, F1 believes that less than 10 per cent of cars on the road will be fully electric by 2030. The fuel is still in development and F1 hopes to match the energy density to traditional gasoline and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent.
Image: Formula 1
?It?s a totally circular thing,? F1 CTO Pat Symonds said in a statement. ?We?re not producing any CO2 that is not already in the atmosphere at the moment; we?re taking it out of the atmosphere, we?re using it, and we?re putting...
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