Toyota, Subaru Among Six Companies Researching Environmentally Friendly Fuels
The joint project is called the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels.
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Joining those companies now are Toyota, Subaru, Suzuki, and Daihatsu, together with ENEOS Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation, which established a new research association on July 1 this year. It will focus on ways to optimize the process of producing fuel, making it less polluting and more effective. The joint project is called the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels.
An official press release distributed by the involved companies clarifies that the research association will work on promoting technological research on the use of biomass. Also, the project will study efficient ways of production of bioethanol fuel through the circulation of hydrogen, oxygen, and CO2. The association will design, install, and operate production facilities for bioethanol.
Just recently, Porsche invested $75 million in HIF Global LLC, a Santiago de Chile-based company that develops synthetic fuel production facilities. For now, the Stuttgart-based automaker intends to use the green fuel in motorsport but will eventually experiment with production vehicles, too. Lamborghini also sees potential in synthetic fuels to keep the internal combustion engine alive after 2030.
