Mazda Motor Corporation announced today it will begin a joint research project with Saudi Aramco and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) for making internal combustion engines more efficient and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Saudi Aramco will develop a fuel with a refinery process that results in lower carbon dioxide emissions, and Mazda and AIST will research and develop a high-efficiency engine that uses the fuel. The initiative is expected to yield technologies that effectively reduce carbon dioxide emissions on a well-to-wheel basis.
Like all automakers, Mazda is working to reduce its impact on the environment in line with its “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030” vision for technology development that was announced in August last year. The plan calls for the automaker to reduce overall carbon dioxide emissions on a well-to-wheel basis, considering everything from fuel extraction to driving.
Mazda says it is no longer enough to focus solely on the tank-to-wheel phase and develop fuel efficient engines and cars that emit low levels of carbon dioxide while driving on the road.
Through this research, Mazda claims it will build on a long history of technology development efforts aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
See Also:
- Saudi Aramco http://www.saudiaramco.com/en/home.html
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html - Mazda’s Environmental Initiatives
http://www.mazda.com/en/csr/environment/
