Bentley Demonstrates Use Of EFuel For Latest Continental GT Speed

The latest Bentley Continental GT Speed trial using eFuel from Porsche. (Doc. Bentley Motors)

JAKARTA - British auto brand Bentley is conducting a global campaign against the use of sustainable eFuel. This is in line with the brand's vision of reducing emissions against its products.

eFuel is a synthetic fuel developed by an international consortium led by Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF) Global and supported by Porsche. It is made of recycled dirty air at the Haru Oni factory, Magallanes, Chile.

Launching from Bentley's official website, Friday, October 25, biogenic CO2 was captured and combined with hydrogen produced through water electrolysis to produce methanol. Then, this is remade into gasoline.

The mixture used by Bentley is R75, which is 75 percent eFuel and another 25 percent is regular gasoline. This shows a significant reduction in exhaust emissions in vehicles.

Bentley applied it to the latest Continental GT Speed, combining the powertrain Ultra Performance Hybrid with a 25.9 kWh battery with emission-rencated eFuel. The latest generation GT Speed Continental has an emission-contained certification of up to 29 g/km.

Introduced last June, the latest generation Bentley Continental GT Speed has a 4.0 liter V8 engine in collaboration with a hybrid powertrain, generating 782 ps of power and 1,000 Nm of torque while making it the most powerful model in this series.

In addition to being used in Bentley cars, the synthetic fuel is also applied to several activities such as in the Porsche Supercup 1 race.

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car used by all contestants will use this alternative energy in eight races in 2024.

The race car, equipped with a manually programmed engine control unit, will be installed with a software version adapted before the start of the race.