Porsche 911 Targa User Handbook Manual page 28

Sustainable driving pleasure
is ultimately a question of good style too.
Porsche and the environment.
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In an era of intensifying debate about This is enabled, on the one hand, by the
global climate change and CO emissions, use of fuel-efficient technologies such
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every automotive manufacturer is asking as auto start/stop, thermal management,
what it has to offer right now. Our answer electrical system recuperation, direct
is 'high performance must be accom panied fuel injection or coasting mode. On the
by high efficiency'. other hand, new catalytic converters
developed for the 911 provide efficient
Exhaust emission control. emission control through the use of
Vehicles manufactured by Porsche stereo Lambda control circuitry.
demonstrate that even high-performance
sports cars can achieve moderate
fuel consumption and exhaust emission
values in their respective category.
For fuel consumption and CO emissions, please refer to page 103.
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Fuel economy and recycling.
facilitate their separation for subsequent
Intelligent lightweight construction is recycling. In short, the 911 is now around
fundamental to the Porsche identity. It 95 % recoverable.
is expressed through the use of a high
proportion of aluminium, magnesium, Fuel.
plastics, super-high-strength sheet steel All Porsche models – including the 911 –
and environmentally friendly water-based are designed to operate using fuels with
paints. All materials are meticulously an ethanol content of up to 10 %, e. g.
and purposefully selected. All lightweight 'E10'. Ethanol has a positive impact on
materials are easily recyclable and the CO balance since the plants grown
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all plastic components are labelled to for the production of this biofuel also
absorb CO from the atmosphere.
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