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Getting prepped for the punishing 24 hours of Nürburgring 2016.
Photo courtesy Martin Meiners, SOULD.
Over the years, the team has been collaborating with innovative partners to help develop sustainable products and technologies for auto-racing and motorsports. So while you could think of the their car as a fierce competitor in the alternative fuel class, it’s perhaps better to think of it as the world’s fastest R&D lab for sustainable engine and gear oil technologies.
And to help advance the development of sustainable technologies, the team has rebuilt a new race car every two years or so. Last year, PURAGLOBE became the title sponsor of the team. And the “PURAGLOBE CareForClimate®
For example, the team continued running on alternative fuel, using E20 (20% bio-ethanol) produced by CropEnergies AG. The team also proved the performance of PURAGLOBE’s 5W50 Endurance Racing Oil and high-tech lubricants – all made from an innovative process that re-engineers, used oil. Likewise, the PURAGLOBE CareForClimate®
Team is working with other
partners toward developing other bio-based components and other earth-friendly technologies.
Team”–
as they are now known – tested the limits of performance and sustainability with their third-generation car, a Scirocco 2.0L TDI. During the racing season, the team not only put the performance of the extremely efficient TDI engine to the test, but they did so using bio-diesel fuel.
Also, the team didn’t just test the engine and fuel, they also tested the body and components of the rest of the car: the lightweight body was made with natural fibers; and many of the components under the hood and in the interior were made from bio-based plastics.
During the 2016 racing season, the team promoted the awareness and performance of sustainability in motorsports even further with their latest generation car: a PORSCHE Cayman GT4 (think of it as part race car; part R&D test lab for innovating fuel, lubes, oils, greases, and other sustainable products). It marked the first time a racing oil – based on PURAGLOBE’S base oil technology – successfully finished the racing season. And as if the grueling ADAC 24-hour Nürburgring endurance race wasn’t challenging enough, the PURAGLOBE CareForClimate® Team tested the limits of their driving abilities, along with the performance of several sustainable, alternative products as well.
running a race matters most, the PURAGLOBE CareForClimate® Team is hard to beat, because when you’re racing with environment-friendly components and sustainable fuels, oils, and lubes – we all win.
Together, the team and their partners are driving hard toward their ultimate goal: Advancing sustainability and developing a winning, CO2
-neutral race car. And if you think about how For more information, please contact:
PURAGLOBE - Team CareForClimate® D-06729 Elsteraue +49 (0) 34 41 / 22815 – 0
info@puraglobe.com
LINK
info@puraglobe.com
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LUBE MAGAZINE NO.135 OCTOBER 2016
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