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Can E-Fuels Be An Alternative to EVs? We Go To the Porsche-Backed Facility In Chile to Find Out
06 Mar 2023 | Abstracted from Globe and Mail [Paywall]
"Everything will be powered by the consistent energy provided by the wind. The methanol will be synthesized into e-fuel, which can then be processed into gasoline, jet fuel or marine fuel and shipped from the nearby deep-water port to Europe.
"...in 2019...production costs alone for e-fuel could be about US$4 for an American gallon, which is about $1.42 a litre, before shipping and taxes...The whole point is that e-fuel is a direct alternative to gasoline, processed to be the equivalent of premium fuel."
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