{"id":931,"date":"2026-09-05T08:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/uncategorized\/keep-it-running-pilotprojekt-nachhaltiger-motorsport\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:32:12","slug":"keep-it-running-pilotprojekt-nachhaltiger-motorsport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/news\/keep-it-running-pilotprojekt-nachhaltiger-motorsport\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep it Running: REACT launches pilot project for sustainable motorsport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>With \u201cKeep it Running\u201d, REACT is launching its own pilot project for 2027: we are showing how existing vehicles can keep racing in the future \u2013 with solutions that are available today, fewer fossil resources and more independence. For everyone who lives motorsport.<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/keep-it-running-bmw-e30-rennstrecke.jpg\" alt=\"BMW 325 Challenge (E30) auf der Rennstrecke \u2013 Keep it Running Pilotprojekt\" class=\"wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/keep-it-running-bmw-e30-rennstrecke.jpg 886w, https:\/\/react-energy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/keep-it-running-bmw-e30-rennstrecke-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/react-energy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/keep-it-running-bmw-e30-rennstrecke-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/react-energy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/keep-it-running-bmw-e30-rennstrecke-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A historic race car as a rolling real-world lab<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our demonstrator is a BMW 325 Challenge (E30), built in 1987, competing in historic touring car racing. The guiding question: how far can we get towards fossil-independent and affordable mobility \u2013 without losing the character of the car? We develop, test and evaluate practical measures under real racing conditions and will make the results available to grassroots motorsport.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainable. Resilient. Affordable.<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Sustainability:<\/strong> less CO\u2082 and lower consumption of fossil resources through intelligent solutions.<\/li><li><strong>Resilience:<\/strong> keeping mobility alive \u2013 even if oil and gas are no longer available without restriction.<\/li><li><strong>Affordability:<\/strong> practical solutions that \u201cnormal\u201d racers can afford as well.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The experiment<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We measure, we compare, and we make it transparent: a reference race weekend in conventional operation versus Demonstrator V1 with sustainable and resilient measures that are easy to implement \u2013 sustainable fuel, sustainable fluids, optimised tyre use, preserving parts instead of replacing them, smarter energy in the paddock and improved transport.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For every race weekend we record fuel, fluids, parts and wear, transport and accommodation, paddock energy and race kilometres \u2013 and report CO\u2082 emissions, costs, performance and practicality per event.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roadmap<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Q1 2026:<\/strong> project start, partner acquisition, reference weekend measurements<\/li><li><strong>Q1 2027:<\/strong> technical implementation, tests and optimisation<\/li><li><strong>Q2\u2013Q4 2027:<\/strong> 3 to 5 race events<\/li><li><strong>Q4 2027:<\/strong> evaluation of the results and publication of a practical guide<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partners wanted<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partners benefit from a technology test under real racing conditions, visibility and storytelling across all channels, joint development, data, insights and a practical report \u2013 plus a network in motorsport and beyond.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in joining? <a href=\"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/contact-us\/\">Get in touch with us<\/a> \u2013 let\u2019s make mobility last.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Follow the project on Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/altblech_garage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@altblech_garage<\/a> \u2013 workshop, race weekends and progress on the car.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With \u201cKeep it Running\u201d, REACT is launching its own pilot project for 2027: we are showing how existing vehicles can keep racing in the future \u2013 with solutions that are available today, fewer fossil resources and more independence. For everyone who lives motorsport. A historic race car as a rolling real-world lab Our demonstrator is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/react-energy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}