Porsche trials NOx-absorbing surface tech at Taycan plant

By CARSIFU | 8 February 2019


STUTTGART: Porsche's new factory for the all-electric Taycan has something else to boast about other than its first electric car.

Parts of the plant's facade is coated with a nitrogen dioxide-absorbing surface for the first time.

The facade elements are made of aluminium coated with titanium dioxide. The coating acts as a catalyst and breaks down the absorbed pollutant particles into the harmless substances water and nitrate when exposed to sunlight and with only low air humidity.

In a first pilot project, Porsche is testing the NOx-absorbing high-tech facade on an area of 126 square metres.

This design already performs the work of 10 trees on an area with a size of just ten parking bays.

“If the evaluation of the results confirms our expectations, nothing stands in the way of using nitrogen oxide-absorbing surface technology on other buildings and surfaces,” said Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board responsible for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG.

The Taycan will make its debut towards the end of the year. Production of the Porsche Taycan will be CO2-neutral. “We are consistently pursuing our objective of sports car production completely without any ecological footprint,” said Reimold.

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