Some automakers investing in combustion have touted hydrogen as the future, while others, like Porsche, insist synthetic fuel is the way to go. But Porsche’s just gone and flipped the script by patenting a combustion engine that can run on either gasoline, diesel, or hydrogen, and arguably more importantly, can make its own hydrogen fuel.
If the concept sounds wild, it’s because it is, but what’s also interesting is that Porsche has absolutely no plans to run said engine on hydrogen entirely. Not ever. So what’s the deal? In the patent filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), discovered by CarBuzz, Porsche details how a self-fueling hydrogen combustion system can save combustion by reducing its old enemy: startup emissions.
And perhaps the…