Despite developments in electric vehicles, the battle for the automotive industry’s energy future is more open than ever, especially as German industry has pushed for EU adoption of synthetic fuels after 2035.This latest decision seems to have thwarted all those innovations that for years have offered clean fuels as alternatives or replacements for conventional diesel and gasoline.Among the latter, it is also worth noting the well-known biofuel obtained from biomass obtained, in turn, from biological waste, mainly vegetable. A technology that Mazda, in line with its latest corporate initiatives, seems to want to include in its portfolio.
An alternative that we probably won’t see in Europe
And the thing is, the Hiroshima-based company just announced that it has joined the “Partnership for Biomass Research and Innovation Focused on Next-Generation Automotive Fuels.”
This wide range represents a new strategic alliance between Toyota and the Japanese oil company Eneo, which joins long-standing partners such as Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu and now Mazda. Through this association, its members will seek to advance research on the use of biomass in fuel production, as well as to develop more efficient and sustainable methods of purifying ethanol.As Mazda itself says in a press release, the range offered by this alliance fits perfectly with the brand’s philosophy of exploring all mobility and energy options that may arise in the medium and long term.However, it will be difficult for the results of his research to find application on European soil after 2035, because during the final approval of the ban on the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines, the European Commission rejected a specific amendment proposed by Italy to also include a device for these types of biofuels.
