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Ground-breaking on Haru Oni eFuels plant|in Chile; Porsche to use in motor sports from 2022

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Porsche and Siemens Energy have joined forces with a number of international companies to build an industrial plant for the production of nearly CO?-neutral I’m pleased that we’re making progress on this international lighthouse project for the hydrogen economy together with strong international partners from business and politics.

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HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

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At the IAA Summit in Munich, HIF Global, together with Porsche AG, Volkswagen Group Innovation and MAN Energy Solutions, announced the development and installation of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) unit at the HIF Haru Oni Demonstration facility in southern Chile in 2024. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) This is then made into synthetic fuel.

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Porsche will be the primary customer for the green fuel.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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“Six out of ten Porsche Taycan” ever delivered have a problem with battery management that affects and damages battery cells, requires replacement of cells and batteries, and is causing vehicle fires, according to a source working at Porsche’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen, Germany. The Porsche Taycan’s charging port.

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Penn State team develops thermally modulated LFP battery; fast-charging, inexpensive, long-life for mass-market EVs

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Once the battery’s internal temperature is 60 ?C, They suggest that with this self-heating method, they can use low-cost materials for the battery’s cathode and anode and a safe, low-voltage electrolyte. Once electrons flow it rapidly heats up the nickel foil through resistance heating and warm the inside of the battery.

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Bosch sees future requiring multiple powertrain technologies; the larger the vehicle, the more the electrification

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In order to further reduce its CO 2 emissions in this vehicle class, the gasoline engine will require a low-cost, basic hybrid solution. Even with optimized internal-combustion engines, large vehicles will not achieve the CO 2 target. Equally, our plug-in hybrid system is debuting in the Porsche Panamera. Earlier post.)

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The Importance of Thermal Management Systems In EVs

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A glycol-water mix is a low-cost, well-known cooling fluid that generally contains roughly 50% glycol, 45% water, and 5% additives such as antioxidants, antifreeze, corrosion inhibitors, solvents, and dyes. Now let us check out some of the potential coolants. From Research to Implementation.

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